“Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists” at the National Gallery

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Inspired, as Paul Signac wrote in his 1899 treatise, to achieve luminosity, color and harmony, the neo-impressionists employed a radical technique that matched their revolutionary political spirit. The National Gallery mounts the United Kingdom’s first-ever exhibition devoted to this avant-garde movement, drawn from the collection of Helene Kröller-Müller, one of the first great women artistic patrons of the 20th century who assembled the most comprehensive grouping of neo-impressionist paintings in the world. Highlights include works by Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Anna Boch, Jan Toorop, Théo van Rysselberghe and Henri-Edmond Cross — artists whose innovative technique of painting dots of pure color, later known as pointillism, shocked 19th century critics. Not since 1958 has Seurat’s famous nightclub scene, “Le Chahut” (1889–90) left the Netherlands. Its arrival in London marks the first time the work will be shown in the UK, offering audiences a rare chance to experience one of Seurat’s greatest masterpieces in dialogue with the radical visions of his contemporaries.

^{Georges Seurat, ”Chahut,” 1889-90 © Collection Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photograph by Rik Klein Gotink}