(Paris, 1859 - Paris, 1891)
1886
Oil on canvas - 65,5 x 82 cm
A feeling of tranquillity and inner peace radiates from this seascape. The white sandy beach is fringed with dense vegetation, which becomes sparser as it reaches the cliff sides. The silhouette of a few boats can be made out on the calm sea, just below the horizon, which discreetly marks the transition between the surface of the water and the sky, both rendered in a blue monochrome palette.
Georges Seurat used the pointillist technique of juxtaposing dots of colour. Up close, the pure tones are separated. At a distance, they merge to form an optical reconstitution of the landscape. Seurat's signature, also consisting of coloured dotted lines, enabled the artist to treat it as a motif similar to the others and integrate it perfectly into his compositions.