# 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._

8 works in the collection.

- [Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/final-study-for-bathers-at-asnieres-aic-20199), Georges Seurat, 1883. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884-aic-27992), Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/oil-sketch-for-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884-aic-61616), Georges Seurat, 1884. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/circus-sideshow-parade-de-cirque-met-437654), Georges Seurat, 1887–88. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-met-437658), Georges Seurat, 1884. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/trees-study-for-la-grande-jatte-aic-154022), Georges Seurat, 1884. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [At the Concert Parisien](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/at-the-concert-parisien-cma-135341), Georges Seurat, 1887–88. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/aman-jean-portrait-of-edmond-francois-aman-jean-met-339751), Georges Seurat, 1882–83. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.