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)
La voile blanche, 1890

Georges Seurat

La voile blanche, 1890

Sale Date: March 1, 2021

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L'Homme à femmes, 1890

Georges Seurat

L'Homme à femmes, 1890

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Femme debut

Attributed to Georges Seurat

Femme debut

Sale Date: September 10, 2020

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Femme en blanc et noir

Attributed to Georges Seurat

Femme en blanc et noir

Sale Date: September 10, 2020

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Portrait d'homme, d'après Holbein, 1877

Georges Seurat

Portrait d'homme, d'après Holbein, 1877

Sale Date: July 15, 2020

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Le pitre, vers 1880, 1880

After Georges Seurat

Le pitre, vers 1880, 1880

Sale Date: July 3, 2020

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Vaches dans un pré, 1883

Georges Seurat

Vaches dans un pré, 1883

Sale Date: February 6, 2020

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La Source, d'après Ingres, 1878

Georges Seurat

La Source, d'après Ingres, 1878

Sale Date: February 6, 2020

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OEDIPE GUIDÉ PAR ANTIGONE ET ISMÈNE, 1877

Georges Seurat

OEDIPE GUIDÉ PAR ANTIGONE ET ISMÈNE, 1877

Sale Date: March 28, 2019

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La Maison au toit rouge, 1883

Georges Seurat

La Maison au toit rouge, 1883

Sale Date: March 29, 2019

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Soldats, rade de Brest, 1880

Georges Seurat

Soldats, rade de Brest, 1880

Sale Date: March 20, 2019

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模特的后背

Georges Seurat

模特的后背

Sale Date: December 3, 2018

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L'Homme à femmes, 1890

Georges Seurat

L'Homme à femmes, 1890

Sale Date: November 14, 2018

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LA FEMME AU PANIER, 1880–1882

Georges Seurat

LA FEMME AU PANIER, 1880–1882

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Casseur de pierres, 1882

Georges Seurat

Casseur de pierres, 1882

Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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La rade de Grandcamp (Le port de Grandcamp), 1885

Georges Seurat

La rade de Grandcamp (Le port de Grandcamp), 1885

Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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Homme assoupi, un autre debout lisant,..., 1879–1880

Georges Seurat

Homme assoupi, un autre debout lisant,..., 1879–1880

Sale Date: March 22, 2018

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Femme au parapluie, 1881

Georges Seurat

Femme au parapluie, 1881

Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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Nourrice, 1880–1881

Georges Seurat

Nourrice, 1880–1881

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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COUCHANT, 1882

Georges Seurat

COUCHANT, 1882

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Garçonnet Nu, 1875–1876

Georges Seurat

Garçonnet Nu, 1875–1876

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Bougie allumée, 1880

Georges Seurat

Bougie allumée, 1880

Sale Date: June 16, 2017

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Torse nu, croquis de bras et de jambes, 1879–1880

Georges Seurat

Torse nu, croquis de bras et de jambes, 1879–1880

Sale Date: March 2, 2017

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Quatre personnages, un assis, 1880

Georges Seurat

Quatre personnages, un assis, 1880

Sale Date: December 2, 2016

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