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The Beach at Gravelines

Maker

(Artists)
1859-1891

Title

Date of Production

1890

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm (panel)
Width: 24.5 cm (panel)

Accession Number

P.1948.SC.397

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords

Label Text

This nearly abstract seascape is rendered with only a few colours, the separation between water and sky barely marked by the strip of orange in the centre. In it, Georges Seurat captured the cloudy radiance typical of the northern coast of France, where he spent several summers. Although painted on the thin panel that Seurat favoured for studies, Beach at Gravelines is not preparatory for another painting but done simply for pleasure. Grains of sand embedded in the paint attest to its creation out of doors.

Provenance

Mme Seurat, the artist's mother, Paris; Alfred Tobler, Paris; with Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Alphonse Kann, Saint-German-en-Laye; Bignou, Paris; Reid and Lefèvre, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld July 1928; Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Seurat and the Sea, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 13/02/2026-17/05/2026

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More

Neo-Impressionism, National Gallery of Victoria & Melbourne & Australia, 03/11/2012-17/03/2013

Georges Seurat - Figures in Space, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, 05/02/2010-09/05/2010

Georges Seurat - Figures in Space, Kunsthaus Zurich, 02/10/2009-17/01/2010

Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 26/10/2002-13/12/2002

Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, 09/09/2002-20/10/2002

Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Utsonomiya, Japan, 21/07/2002-01/09/2002

Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, 22/05/2002-14/07/2002

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

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