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Georges Seurat
Creating A Sunday on La Grande Jatte and developing pointillist painting.
Bathers at Asnières · A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
- Born
- 2 December 1859
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 29 March 1891
More people
Georges Seurat
French artist who explored colour through carefully arranged marks and systematic composition. His brief career helped establish Neo-Impressionism.
Early life
Paris childhood
Grew up in a financially secure family in Paris.
Academic training
Studied drawing and attended the École des Beaux-Arts before military service.
Career
- Early 1880s
Independent study
Developed tonal drawings and studied theories of colour.
- 1884–1886
A new approach
Helped organize independent exhibitions and completed La Grande Jatte.
- Late 1880s–1891
Further experiments
Extended his method to figures, entertainment and coastal scenes.
Selected work
Bathers at Asnières
Workers rest beside the Seine in a monumental composition.
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
An island leisure scene built from carefully organized colour.
The Circus
An unfinished painting of a circus performance and its audience.
Beyond work
Private family life
Had a relationship with Madeleine Knobloch and a son who died shortly after him.
An early death
Died at thirty-one, leaving The Circus unfinished.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Unidentified photographer. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
