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18 April 2022 - 14:15 (CEST) -
14, boulevard Eindhoven - 14400 Bayeux
An Easter sale features this striking académie, foreshadowing the future genius of the master of Divisionism, who was still a student at the venerable school.
Georges Seurat (1859–1891), Académie, pencil on Michallet paper, unsigned, the number "10" in the upper right, 63 x 47 cm/24.80 x 18.50 in. Estimate: €30,000/60,000
Georges Seurat (1859–1891), Académie, pencil on Michallet paper, unsigned, the number "10" in the upper right, 63 x 47 cm/24.80 x 18.50 in. Estimate: €30,000/60,000
The young model is seen in a three-quarter view from the back, leaning on a walking stick so that the light can play on her anatomy. This is an académie , a compulsory exercise for all students at the École des beaux-arts in Paris in the 19 th century that they had to repeat until achieving a perfect result. The painter later became famous as the inventor of Pointillism. Born into a family of enlightened…
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