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)
Un soir, Gravelines, 1890

Georges Seurat

Un soir, Gravelines, 1890

Sale Date: February 3, 2010

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Garçonnet assis (Maurice Appert), 1884

Georges Seurat

Garçonnet assis (Maurice Appert), 1884

Sale Date: February 3, 2010

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L'hospice et le phare de Honfleur, 1886

Georges Seurat

L'hospice et le phare de Honfleur, 1886

Sale Date: February 3, 2010

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Le cheval noir, 1882

Georges Seurat

Le cheval noir, 1882

Sale Date: June 24, 2009

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Tête d'homme profilée à droite, 1877

Georges Seurat

Tête d'homme profilée à droite, 1877

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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Assis (+ Buste d'homme, verso), 1881

Georges Seurat

Assis (+ Buste d'homme, verso), 1881

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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Femme avec deux fillettes, 1882–1884

Georges Seurat

Femme avec deux fillettes, 1882–1884

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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L'homme à femmes, 1890

Georges Seurat

L'homme à femmes, 1890

Sale Date: February 23, 2009

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Le danseur à la canne, 1889

Georges Seurat

Le danseur à la canne, 1889

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Au divan japonais, 1887–1888

Georges Seurat

Au divan japonais, 1887–1888

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Trois bateaux et un marin (Study for..., 1885

Georges Seurat

Trois bateaux et un marin (Study for..., 1885

Sale Date: December 2, 2008

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Maison carrée, 1882–1884

Georges Seurat

Maison carrée, 1882–1884

Sale Date: November 5, 2008

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Treize figures d'hommes, d'enfants et..., 1879–1880

Georges Seurat

Treize figures d'hommes, d'enfants et..., 1879–1880

Sale Date: June 23, 2008

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Berge de la Seine, 1884

Georges Seurat

Berge de la Seine, 1884

Sale Date: June 26, 2008

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Le Danseur à la Canne

Georges Seurat

Le Danseur à la Canne

Sale Date: June 18, 2008

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Soldats, rade de brest, 1880

Georges Seurat

Soldats, rade de brest, 1880

Sale Date: February 6, 2008

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Le violoniste, 1881

Georges Seurat

Le violoniste, 1881

Sale Date: December 13, 2007

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Soldats, les mains dans les poches, tête et..., 1879

Georges Seurat

Soldats, les mains dans les poches, tête et..., 1879

Sale Date: December 3, 2007

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Nourrice, 1880–1881

Georges Seurat

Nourrice, 1880–1881

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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Le liseur, 1881

Georges Seurat

Le liseur, 1881

Sale Date: November 7, 2007

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Le mouillage à Grandcamp, 1885

Georges Seurat

Le mouillage à Grandcamp, 1885

Sale Date: November 8, 2007

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Le Violoniste, 1881

Georges Seurat

Le Violoniste, 1881

Sale Date: June 20, 2007

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Soldats, rade de Brest, 1880

Georges Seurat

Soldats, rade de Brest, 1880

Sale Date: May 23, 2007

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Le tas de pierre, 1884

Georges Seurat

Le tas de pierre, 1884

Sale Date: May 9, 2007

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