A Sunday
Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is one of the very famous art works
of Georges Seurat and is a great example of Pointillism.
Quick facts
about ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’
Made by: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Type: Oil on canvas painting
Style: Pointillism
Year: 1884-1886
Subject
of painting: People
of Paris relaxing at la Grande Jatte
Dimensions: 207.6 cm x 308 cm
Current
Location: Art Institute
of Chicago.
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| A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte For Display At Art Institute of Chicago. |
Other
details:
Seurat
started to paint ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’ in the
summer of 1884 and he completed this work in two years i.e. by 1886.
This
painting depicts different members of each social classes taking part in numerous
park activities. Seurat did not physically blend the color on the canvas,
rather her used tiny juxtaposed dots of multi-colored paint which gave a kind
of blend of colors optically. Thus this art work by Seurat comes out to be one
of the finest examples of Pointillism.
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