Seurat’s La Grande Jatte is picnicky. Having a combination of leisure, ease, and easy conviviality, it’s absent food. People of all classes coexist amiably. Some sit on the grass in the shade of trades, some promenade, but there are no signs of a luncheon on the grass.
Featured Image: Georges Seurat. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande (1884-1886). The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago