Georges Seurat

(French, 1859–1891)

Georges Seurat was an important French artist best known as the creator of Pointillism. He employed dots of complementary colors next to one another to create vibrating scenes from everyday life. The artist’s most iconic work is A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886), a large-scale painting portraying the bourgeoisie having a leisurely day by the river. “Harmony is the analogy of contrary and similar elements of tone, of color, and of line, conditioned by the dominant key, and under the influence of a particular light, in gay, calm, or sad combinations,” Seurat once explained. Born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France, Seurat first pursued art at the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied under Henri Lehmann, a disciple of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. In the early 1880s, the artist read several texts on color theory and optics that would inform his own technique, including Michel Eugène Chevreul’s The Laws of Contrast of Color (1839). Working from both drawings and oil studies done en plein air, Seurat’s cerebral approach to color was a unique branch of the many iterations of Neo-Impressionism, and influenced both Henri-Edmond Cross and Paul Signac’s artistic development. The artist’s ambitious painting The Circus (1890–1891) remained unfinished when he died unexpectedly on March 29, 1891 at the age of 31. Today, his works are held in the collections of the National Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, among others.

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Georges Seurat (278 results)
Champs à Barbizon (Field in Barbizon), ca. 1882

Georges Seurat

Champs à Barbizon (Field in Barbizon), ca. 1882

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Le mouillage à Grandcamp, ca. 1885

Georges Seurat

Le mouillage à Grandcamp, ca. 1885

M.S. Rau

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La Mer à Grandcamp, 1885

Georges Seurat

La Mer à Grandcamp, 1885

M.S. Rau

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Marine à Grandcamp, 1885

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Marine à Grandcamp, 1885

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Parthénon (Fragment de la Frise), 1875

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Parthénon (Fragment de la Frise), 1875

Sale Date: February 27, 2024

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Arbre et route, 1883

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Arbre et route, 1883

Sale Date: November 11, 2023

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Printemps à la Grande Jatte, 1884–1885

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Printemps à la Grande Jatte, 1884–1885

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Paysan au travail, 1883

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Paysan au travail, 1883

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Dans la rue, 1882–1883

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Dans la rue, 1882–1883

Sale Date: December 2, 2022

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En marche, 1882

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En marche, 1882

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version), 1888

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Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version), 1888

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Femme debout, en toilette de ville, 1884–1885

Georges Seurat

Femme debout, en toilette de ville, 1884–1885

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande...

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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande...

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Les gradins, 1890

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Les gradins, 1890

Sale Date: July 1, 2022

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Pitre, 1880

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Pitre, 1880

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Ouvriers enfonçant des pieux, 1881

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Ouvriers enfonçant des pieux, 1881

Sale Date: May 14, 2022

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Paysage, homme assis (Etude pour Un..., 1884–1885

Georges Seurat

Paysage, homme assis (Etude pour Un..., 1884–1885

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Tête d'homme de profil

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Tête d'homme de profil

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Marine à Grandcamp, 1885

Georges Seurat

Marine à Grandcamp, 1885

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Le griffon altéré, 1875–1876

Georges Seurat

Le griffon altéré, 1875–1876

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Trois études de la partie inférieure..., 1874–1875

Georges Seurat

Trois études de la partie inférieure..., 1874–1875

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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Le pêcheur, vers 1884, 1884

Georges Seurat

Le pêcheur, vers 1884, 1884

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Le Saint-Cyrien, 1884

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Le Saint-Cyrien, 1884

Sale Date: May 13, 2021

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Paysage et personnages (La jupe rose), 1884

Georges Seurat

Paysage et personnages (La jupe rose), 1884

Sale Date: May 13, 2021

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