GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

The Seine with the Pont de la Grande Jatte

Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 32 x 41 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Catalogue numbers: F 304, JH 1326.

Van Gogh adopted the Impressionist and pointillist techniques from 1886 to 1888 in Paris. His views of the city, of walkers in the park, the Seine, or avenues were among the best that Impressionism produced - even if an undisciplined brushwork or a confrontational approach to objects and forms could sometimes mar the effect.

This painting can be considered a study using the perspective frame, struggling with the picturesqueness of reflections in the water.