Georges Seurat
French, 1859–1891
Born in Paris; died in Paris.
Seurat trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied the colour theories of Chevreul and others before developing pointillism, building pictures from small, separate touches of pure colour meant to combine in the eye. His large compositions, planned through many drawings and oil sketches, include Bathers at Asnières and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, shown at the last Impressionist exhibition in 1886. His black conté crayon drawings are equally distinctive. He died suddenly at thirty-one.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 8 worksDated 1882–1888
- Mostly
- Paintings, Drawing, Drawing and Watercolor
- Movement
- Post-ImpressionismArtists who kept Impressionism's colour but pushed towards structure, symbol and feeling.
