Born: December 2, 1859; Paris, France
Died: March 29, 1891; Paris, France
Nationality: French
Art Movement: Post-Impressionism,
neo-impressionism, Pointillism
Field: painting
Influenced by: Nicolas Poussin,
Jean-Francois Millet
Influenced on: Charles Angrand, Edvard
Munch, Childe Hassam, Robert Delaunay
Georges
Seurat was a French post-impressionist artist who was born on December 2, 1859
and died on March 29, 1891. He is most famous for devising painting techniques
known as pointillism and chromoluminarism. Although less famous than his
paintings, Seurat's drawings with conté crayon also received a lot of critical
appreciation.
Seurat had artistic characteristics that are generally opposite and
incompatible, which are extreme and delicate sensibility and logical and
mathematical precision. His large-scale work, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island
of La Grande Jatte,” is one of the iconic works of the late 19th century
painting and altered the direction of modern art by initiating
Neo-impressionism.
Seurat
died on March 29, 1891 at the age of 31 at his parents’ home in Paris. The
cause of his death was uncertain, and various causes such as meningitis,
pneumonia, infectious angina, and diphtheria were suspected as causes of death.
His son also died of the same disease two weeks later. His last work, “The
Circus”, became an eternal unfinished work by his death.
On
March 30, 1891, the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul held a memorial service for
Seurat, and on March 31, 1891, he was buried at Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
FAMOUS
WORKS
Final Study for Bathing at Asnieres
Landscape with Figure. Study for 'La Grande Jatte'
Seated and Standing Woman
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
The Bridge - View of the Seine
RELATED
ARTISTS
1. Nicolas Poussin
2. Edvard Munch
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