Rosemary Hill: At the Courtauld

Created
Fri, 25/08/2023 - 00:00
Updated
Fri, 25/08/2023 - 00:00
The main objection to Georges Seurat’s Nude with Blonde Hair – what makes it ‘one of the most puzzling works in the collection’ – is its ‘poor quality’. But the argument that it isn’t by Seurat – even when young and in a formative stage of his career, because Seurat never painted anything so bad – is circular. Félix Fénéon knew him. My bet is that it’s genuine.