1887, Vincent van Gogh, Square Saint-Pierre, Paris -- Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven)
From the museum label: Long thought to represent a private park in Asnières, a suburb of Paris, this painting is now recognized as depicting a recently created public garden in Montmartre, an artists' neighborhood. Here, van Gogh adopted a "pointillist" technique: the low flowerbeds and pathways of the park are represented by juxtaposing small dots of pure color applied with a thin brush. When seen from a distance, the dots blend together in the viewer's eye and create a dynamic effect. Van Gogh had arrived in Paris the year before and was greatly influenced by French Neo-Impressionist artists like Georges Seurat.
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1887, Vincent van Gogh, Square Saint-Pierre, Paris -- Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven)
From the museum label: Long thought to represent a private park in Asnières, a suburb of Paris, this painting is now recognized as depicting a recently created public garden in Montmartre, an artists' neighborhood. Here, van Gogh adopted a "pointillist" technique: the low flowerbeds and pathways of the park are represented by juxtaposing small dots of pure color applied with a thin brush. When seen from a distance, the dots blend together in the viewer's eye and create a dynamic effect. Van Gogh had arrived in Paris the year before and was greatly influenced by French Neo-Impressionist artists like Georges Seurat.
Link to other van Gogh paintings