GeorgesPierre Seurat 1859 1891 French NeoImpressionist Elements Principles

Georges-Pierre Seurat 1859 -1891 French Neo-Impressionist

Elements & Principles Color Line Symbolism Contrast

Farm Women at Work (Paysannes au travail) 1882– 83. Oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 18 1/4 inches Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Model in Profile 1886 oil on wood 25 x 16 cm Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Seated Nude – study for Bathers at Asnières 1883 Conte crayon on cream paper 31. 70 x 24. 70 cm National Gallery of Scotland

Bathers at Asnières 1884 79”x 118” Oil on Canvas The National Gallery, London

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884 -86 Oil on canvas 81 3/4 x 121 1/4 in. Art Institute of Chicago

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884, study Oil on canvas 27 3/4 x 41” Metropolitan Musuem of Art, NYC

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884, study, detail Oil on canvas 27 3/4 x 41” Metropolitan Musuem of Art, NYC

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – microdetail, above the dog

Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 1885 26”x 32” Oil on Canvas Tate Gallery, London

Gray Weather, Grand Jatte

Invitation to the Circus: Sideshow 1887 -1888 39”x 59” Oil on Canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Invitation to the Circus: Sideshow – Study 1888 Oil on canvas E. G. Buhrle Collection (Switzerland)

Invitation to the Circus: Sideshow – detail, man with a cane 1887 -1888 Oil on Canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Eiffel Tower 1889 9”x 6” Oil on panel Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Young Woman Powdering Herself 1889 -1890 37”x 31” Oil on canvas Courtauld Institute Galleries, London

Study for Young Woman Powdering Herself 1889 -1890 oil on wood 25. 7 x 16. 8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

The Channel Of Gravelines: Petit-Fort-Phillip 1890 28”x 36” Oil on Canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art

Channel of Gravelines: photo 1891

Study for The Channel of Gravelines: evening 1890 oil on wood 15. 6 x 25. 6 cm Musée de l'Annonciade, St-Tropez, France

The Channel Of Gravelines: Evening 1890 25 x 32 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Study for The Channel of Graveline: evening 1890 oil on wood 15. 6 x 25. 6 cm Musée de l'Annonciade, St-Tropez, France

Le Chahut 1889 -90 66”X 54” Oil on Canvas Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands

La Chahut - study 1889 -90 oil on canvas Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

La Chahut - study 1889 -90 21. 8 x 15. 8 cm oil on wood Courtauld Gallery, London, UK

The Circus 1890 -91 73”x 60” Oil on Canvas Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The Circus - detail 1890 -91 55 x 46 cm Oil on Canvas Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The Circus - study 1890 -91 55 x 46 cm Oil on Canvas Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Additional works

At the Circus Fernando: The Ringmaster 1888 oil on canvas 39 -1/2” x 63 -1/2” The Art Institute of Chicago.

Model from the Back 1886 oil on wood 24 x 15 cm Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

The Seine at Courbevoiec 1885 Oil on canvas 32 1/16 x 25 9/16 in. Private collection

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884, study 1884 -86 Oil on canvas 81 3/4 x 121 1/4 in. Art Institute of Chicago

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – study, Woman with a Monkey 1884 Oil on wood Smith College, MA

La Grande Jatte [It’s empty!] 1884 Private collection

Bathers, Asnieres – Final Study 1884 -86 Oil on canvas 81 3/4 x 121 1/4 in. Art Institute of Chicago

Beach at Gravelines – study? 1890 16 x 29 cm Oil Courtauld Institute Galleries, London

The Bridge View of the Seine 1882 -3 oil on wood 15. 9 x 24. 8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Boats near the Beach at Asineres 1883 private collection

Georges Seurat by Charles Maurin 1885 -1890

Georges Seurat by Maximilien Luce

Color Theory

Simultaneous Contrast and edges

Simultaneous Contrast

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