Sunday, September 7, 2014

Painting #074 - Georges Seurat

Georges-Pierre Seurat 

(1859–91, French Post-Impressionist)

- Georges-Pierre Seurat
- oil on canvas (208 × 308 cm) 1886
This work altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of late 19th-century painting.

Source: Wikipedia

 A Sunday Afternoon on ... 
And where is the island?

The Lighthouse at Honfleur
- Georges Seurat
- oil (67 x 82 cm) 1886
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 

Bathers in Asnières
- Georges Seurat in 1884,1887
- oil on canvas (201 x 300 cm)
- National Gallery (London)

Models (Bathers)
- Georges Seurat
- oil on canvas (200 × 250 cm) 1887
- Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia) 
Note that on the left wall is the “Sunday Afternoon” painting above.
“点彩画不了裸体”,这幅画对评论家的这种论述进行了反驳。

The Circus
- Georges Seurat
- oil on canvas (185 - 152 cm) 1891
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)
“点彩只能画静止的东西”,这件作品是为了回应这种批评所画的。

Le Chahut (aka Can-can)
- Georges Seurat in 1889-90
- oil on canvas (170 × 141 cm)
- Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo, Netherlands)

Young Woman Powdering Herself
- Georges Seurat in 1889-90
- oil on canvas (96 x 80 cm)
- Courtauld Gallery (London) 
His secret cohabitant.


Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.

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