Bathers at Asnières

Georges Seurat

1884 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
Year: 1884
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 201 × 301.5 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Post-Impressionism

Working men and boys rest on the bank of the Seine at Asnières on a hazy summer afternoon, one boy up to his waist in the water with his hands cupped to his mouth, while the railway bridge and the chimneys of the Clichy gasworks sit on the horizon. Seurat painted the three-metre canvas in 1884, before he was twenty-five, as a grand statement for the Salon, which rejected it; he showed it instead at the newly formed Salon des Artistes Indépendants. Unlike the Impressionists he worked in the studio from a long campaign of oil sketches and conté drawings, and the figures have the stillness of sculpture, each absorbed in himself. The picture puzzled his contemporaries and was only widely admired long after his death at thirty-one. Bought for the National Gallery in London by the Courtauld Fund in 1924, it is one of the two great compositions of his short life.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Bathers at Asnières in the public domain?

Yes. Georges Seurat (1859–1891) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Bathers at Asnières painted, and in what medium?

Bathers at Asnières dates from 1884 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 201 × 301.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Georges Seurat's Bathers at Asnières — Bathers at Asnières — working men resting on the sunlit bank of the Seine, factory chimneys beyond — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Pointillism and The New Painting, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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