Georges-Pierre Seurat
- Introduction
- Georges-Pierre Seurat (UK: SUR-ah, -uh, US: suu-RAH, French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa]; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He is best known for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism as well as pointillism. While less famous than his paintings, Seurat's conté crayon drawings have also garnered a great deal of critical appreciation. Seurat's artistic personality combined qualities that are usually supposed to be opposed and incompatible: on the one hand, his extreme and delicate sensibility, on the other, a passion for logical abstraction and an almost mathematical precision of mind. His large-scale work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886) altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of late 19th-century painting.
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- Introduction
- French Post-Impressionist painter credited with the invention of Neo-Impressionism. He attempted to apply aspects of color theory and the psychology of perception to his landscapes and genre scenes. His most famous painting is 'A Sunday on the Grand Jatte', which uses the technique of pointillism to depict light and shapes. French painter. Comment on works: Landscapes
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Genre Artist, Painter
- Names
- Georges Seurat, Georges Pierre Seurat, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Zhorzh Sera, Hsiu-la, ז׳ורז׳ סרא, George Pierre Seurat, georges seurat, geo. seurat, geo seurat, g. seurat, Seurat, seurat geo.
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Exhibitions
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Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond
Apr 16, 2020–Jan 2, 2021
MoMA
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501: 19th-Century Innovators
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983
Oct 19, 2011–Feb 12, 2012
MoMA
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The Printed Picture
Oct 17, 2008–Jul 13, 2009
MoMA
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Georges-Pierre Seurat has
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Stone Breaker, Le Raincy (Casseur de pierres, Le Raincy) c. 1879–81
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Woman with a Dog (Femme avec chien) c. 1882–83
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Carriage and Dog (La Carriole et le chien) c. 1882–84
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Evening, Honfleur 1886
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Georges-Pierre Seurat At the Concert Européen (Au Concert Européen) c. 1886–88
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Port-en-Bessin, Entrance to the Harbor 1888
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Grandcamp, Evening 1885, painted border c. 1888-89
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Georges-Pierre Seurat The Channel at Gravelines, Evening, Marine avec des ancres summer 1890
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