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Georges Seurat, Study for "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte", 1884, oil on canvas, 70.5 x 104.1 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Georges Seurat painted A Sunday Afternoon between May 1884 and March 1885, and from October 1885 to May 1886, focusing meticulously on the landscape of the park [2] and concentrating on issues of colour, light, and form.
It took Seurat two years to complete this 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) painting, much of which he spent in the park sketching in preparation for the work. There are about 60 studies for the large painting, including a smaller version, Study for A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1885), which is now in the collection of The Art ...
The Channel at Gravelines, in the Direction of the Sea [135] Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 211 73 × 92.7 More images: 1890 Study for "The Channel at Gravelines, Evening" [136] Musée de l'Annonciade, Saint-Tropez 212 16 × 25 More images: 1890 The Channel at Gravelines, Evening [137] Museum of Modern Art, New York City 213 65.4 × 81.9 More ...
Sunday in the Park with George is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (painted, 1884–1886). The plot revolves around George, a fictionalized version of Seurat, who ...
Detail from Seurat's Parade de cirque, 1889, showing the contrasting dots of paint which define Pointillism. Pointillism (/ ˈ p w æ̃ t ɪ l ɪ z əm /, also US: / ˈ p w ɑː n-ˌ ˈ p ɔɪ n-/) [1] is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.
Wonch Park, located at 4555 Okemos Rd. in Meridian Township, is a great place to take a leisurely walk, explore nature and enjoy the Red Cedar River.
The theme of the painting is a walk in the park. Macke had developed this favorite motive since the beginning of his career. The artist creates around the characters a world in which the people seem to match their stylized environment: the ladies appear in elegant tight dresses and fashionable hats while men wear dark suits and bowler hats.
Models is a notable example of Pointillism, which refers to painting through a series of colored dots that together make up an image. [4]In an article written by Norma Broude in the Art Bulletin, she compares Pointillism to photo printing in the 1880s France.