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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (French: Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte) was painted from 1884 to 1886 and is Georges Seurat's most famous work. [1] A leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas, it is a founding work of the neo-impressionist movement.
Here, we explore "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," a groundbreaking Pointillist painting completed by Georges Seurat in 1876.
In his best-known and largest painting, Georges Seurat depicted people from different social classes strolling and relaxing in a park just west of Paris on La Grande Jatte, an island in the Seine River.
A close look at Georges-Pierre Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884' reveals much more than a warm portrait of a sunny day in a lovely park.
The Neo-Impressionist painter, Georges Seurat, created the oil painting titled A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in 1884. It depicts various Parisians from the city relaxing at leisure on a green embankment by the River Seine.
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 is a painting by Georges Seurat completed in 1884–86. It is a masterpiece of pointillism.
There is a famous painting that is the quintessence of summertime leisure in a city: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by the French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman Georges Seurat. Here’s everything you have to know about this iconic canvas.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was the first painting of its kind to be painted entirely in the pointillism style and it was on the frontline with regards to both the advancement of Georges Seurat's new painting technique and the Impressionist movement as a whole.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (French: Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte) painted in 1884, is one of Georges Seurat's most famous works. It is a leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas.
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte". Georges Seurat French. 1884. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825. This is Seurat’s final study for his monumental painting of Parisians at leisure on an island in the Seine (Art Institute of Chicago).