[HN Gopher] Seurat Most Famous for Paris Park Painting Yet Half ...
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       Seurat Most Famous for Paris Park Painting Yet Half His Paintings
       Were Seascapes
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2026-03-03 18:12 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com)
        
       | chasil wrote:
       | The most famous painting is in Chicago, with Grant Wood's
       | _American Gothic_ and Edward Hopper 's _Nighthawks_.
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       | I have seen it several times.
        
         | projektfu wrote:
         | _Un dimanche apres-midi a l 'Ile de la Grande Jatte_ is an
         | impressive work. Seeing it in a book or online doesn't do it
         | justice.
        
           | eichin wrote:
           | Particularly because, although there are smaller "study"
           | versions as he worked up to it, the painting itself is _10
           | feet wide_ and most references don 't include that context
           | (at least not visually, they often list the numbers.)
        
       | kombine wrote:
       | Went to this exhibition in London two weeks ago and can highly
       | recommend!
        
       | WalterBright wrote:
       | And yet the article does not show the Paris Park Painting?
        
         | bcraven wrote:
         | It links to it, but no the article is about his seascapes.
        
       | ramesh31 wrote:
       | And yet, he finished that hat.
        
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