Georges Seurat
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
1884
A verified collection highlight at Art Institute of Chicago: Georges Seurat, 1884. Oil on canvas.
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
Georges Seurat developed a highly systematic approach to color and optical mixture that became known as Neo-Impressionism. In a career cut short at thirty-one, he moved from large tonal drawings to monumental paintings assembled through small touches of contrasting color.
Painting; drawing
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Major Works
- 1884Bathers at Asnières
- 1884–86A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 →
- 1885Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp
- 1886–88The Models
- 1887–88Circus Sideshow
- 1888Port-en-Bessin, Entrance to the Harbor
- 1889The Eiffel Tower
- 1889–90Le Chahut
- 1890–91The Circus
- 1888Gray Weather, Grande Jatte
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