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The Circus

Georges Seurat · 1891

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Georges Seurat

French · 1859–1891

pointillismNeo-impressionismPost-impressionism

Georges Pierre Seurat was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface.

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The Circus
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The Circus

Georges Seurat · 1891

Musée d'Orsay

Boy Sitting in a Meadow
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Boy Sitting in a Meadow

Georges Seurat · 1882

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

House among Trees
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House among Trees

Georges Seurat · 1883

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

The Riverbanks
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The Riverbanks

Georges Seurat · 1882

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Bathers at Asnières
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Bathers at Asnières

Georges Seurat · 1884

National Gallery

The Stone Breaker

Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat · 1884

Man with a Hoe

Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art

Seascape (Gravelines)

Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art

Works worth knowing

6 of Georges Seurat's works, and what makes each one worth a look.

The Circus
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The Circus

Georges Seurat · 1891

Musée d'Orsay

The Circus is an oil on canvas painting by Georges Seurat. It was his last painting, made in a Neo-Impressionist style in 1890–1891, and remained unfinished at his death in March 1891. The painting is located at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

Bathers at Asnières
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Bathers at Asnières

Georges Seurat · 1884

National Gallery

Bathers at Asnières is an 1884 oil on canvas painting by the French artist Georges Pierre Seurat, the first of his two masterpieces on the monumental scale. The canvas is of a suburban, placid Parisian riverside scene. Isolated figures, with their clothes piled sculpturally on the riverbank, together with trees, austere boundary walls and buildings, and the River Seine are presented in a formal layout.

The Stone Breaker

Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art

This is a list of notable paintings by Georges Seurat (2 December 1859, 29 March 1891). He is a Neo-Impressionist painter and together with Paul Signac noted for being the inventor of pointillism. The listing follows the 1980 book Georges Seurat and uses its catalogue numbers.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat · 1884

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted from 1884 to 1886 and is Georges Seurat's most famous work. It is recognised as a leading example of pointillist technique and as a founding work of the neo-impressionist movement. Seurat's composition, painted on a large canvas, includes a number of Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine.

Man with a Hoe

Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art

This is a list of notable paintings by Georges Seurat (2 December 1859, 29 March 1891). He is a Neo-Impressionist painter and together with Paul Signac noted for being the inventor of pointillism. The listing follows the 1980 book Georges Seurat and uses its catalogue numbers.

Seascape (Gravelines)

Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art

This is a list of notable paintings by Georges Seurat (2 December 1859, 29 March 1891). He is a Neo-Impressionist painter and together with Paul Signac noted for being the inventor of pointillism. The listing follows the 1980 book Georges Seurat and uses its catalogue numbers.

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