Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières)

Museum record 109314: Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières) by Vincent van Gogh. A verified entry point for discovery.

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The setting of this work is the river Seine at the Clichy Bridge near Asnières, a suburb north of Paris where Vincent van Gogh painted on several occasions with his friend and fellow artist Paul Signac . Van Gogh was inspired by Signac and Georges Seurat , both of whose work is on view nearby. Their technique, called divisionism, used science-based theories of color, which they applied in individual strokes to maximize luminosity. Although Van Gogh was only in Paris working among these artists for about…