Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde - Along the SeineDuring the 1880s, five ambitious artists, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Emile Bernard, and Charles Angrand, ventured to the suburbs northwest of Paris to paint along the river Seine. Van Gogh and the Avant Garde: Along the Seine is the first publication to investigate these artists motivations for leaving the city to paint the suburbs and the profound influence that Asnires, clichy, and the surrounding areas had upon their