Seurat and his painting technique

Seurat, the French painter is in the focus of our attention since he was born on 2nd December (1859).

Source: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884

Seurat had a scientific approach to painting. He believed that a painter could use color to create harmony and emotion in art in the same way that a musician can create harmony in music. He theorized that the scientific application of color was like any other natural law. Seurat developed Pointillism, which was a vibrantly different artistic style where paintings were composed of tiny colorful dots. He painted his landmark piece A Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte aged just twenty-five.

Other works by Seurat:

The Eiffel Tower, 1889

Grey Weather, Grande Jatte, 1888 (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438015)

The Circus, 1890-91

(https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting.html?no_cache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=4045)

 

 

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