The Morning Walk: Study for The Seine at Courbevoie Review

This article is dedicated to the artist Georges Seurat in honor of what would have been his birthday if he was still with us today

In honor of Georges Seurat's birthday, I will be reviewing one of his lesser-known paintings "The Morning Walk: Study for The Seine at Courbevoie". Most commonly known for "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte". While it is still a marvoules piece I wanted to bring to light one of his other works that I find even more captivating. As you can see in the picture above, a lonely woman stands by a tree, near a body of water. Seurat used more pales and pastels in this particular painting.

I find the painting very eyecatching because of the way Seurat brought all of the textures and colors together overall making it a really beautiful piece of art. If you look closely you can see how parts of the painting are painted with different looking textures to differentiate the layers and objects within it. The tree is pictured with more dot-like leaves. While, the water has horizontal brush strokes and less quick movements, making it flow better and making the water appear to be calm. If you focus on the trees in the back you can notice vertical brushstrokes depicting multiple trees instead of one single tree like the front one. Lastly, if you focus on the lonely woman you can notice how the brushstrokes used to paint her were much more blended and undirectional unlike the other parts of the painting.

I think the painting could depict the tranquility of being alone. Maybe even the calm and peacefulness of loneliness. I feel as though the woman is at peace with being alone because of the choice of colors Seurat used and the way he made the brush strokes very calm. Overall, I would rate this painting a ten out of ten.

P.S- These are my opinions on the painting and if you have a different one that's okay! All opinions are welcome with no judgment on my site. Feel free to leave a submission on my page, if you would like to let me know your opinion on the painting or any of Georges Seurat's work.