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Georges Seurat Master of Pointilism
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Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
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Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte |
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Georges Seurat is a painter, founder of the 19th-century French school of Neo-Impressionism whose technique for portraying the play of light using tiny brushstrokes of contrasting colours became known as Pointillism. Using this techique, he created huge compositions with tiny, detached strokes of pure colour too small to be distinguished when looking at the entire work but making his paintings shimmer with brilliance. Works in this style include “Une Baignade, Asnières” (1883–84) and “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (1884–86) Sureat was inspired by Impressionist painters. His expressive and unique style would not have been possible without the forebearing Impressionists. -Encyclopedia Britanica |
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