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Georges Seurat

French painter (1859-1891) · France · Artists · Died at 31

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He painted with dots - thousands of them, placed according to optical theory - and turned a lazy Sunday by the Seine into one of the most radical images in modern art.

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1891Died29 March 18911890“I knew van Gogh less intimately. I spoke to him for the first time in 1887 in a popular eatery near 'La Fourche', Avenue de Clichy, [Paris], (closed).”In their words28 August 1890Quotes from a letter to Maurice Beaubourg, 28 August 1890; as quoted in the exhibition-text 'Georges Seurat, 1859 - 1891' (APPENDIX K 381),

“Allow me to point out an inaccuracy in your biography of Signac, or rather, in order to set aside all doubt, allow me to specify..”In their words20 June 1890Félix Fénéon wrote that 'the new 'optical painting' seduced [c. 1885], - several young painters', but he named mainly Signac

“The purity of the spectral element being the keystone of my.. ..searching for an optical formula on this basis ever, since I held a brush 1876 - 1884..”In their words20 June 1890Quote in 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', Vol. xvi, (if I remember correctly)

“Rood was in my possession the day after the appearance of Philippe Gille's book review, published by 'Le Figaro', 1881 (change of palette).”In their words20 June 1890(Rood etait en ma possession le lendemain du jour oil paru la revue biblio graphique de Philippe Gille, collection du Figaro 1881

1885“On Pissarro's advice I'm abandoning the emerald green..”In their wordsSeurat's note in 1885; as quoted in the exhibition-text 'Georges Seurat, 1859 - 1891' in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992,

1875“Knowing Corot's ideas on tone [copy of a private letter, October 28, 1875]..”In their words28 October 1875Quotes from a letter to Félix Fénéon, 20 June, 1890; as quoted in the exhibition-text 'Georges Seurat, 1859 - 1891' (APPENDIX F), The

1859Born2 December 1859

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Georges Seurat 1888 (cropped)Georges Seurat 1888 (cropped)A Study for 'Une Baignade'A Study for 'Une Baignade'A Summer Landscape (1883) by Georges Seurat. Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. (50434898477)A Summer Landscape (1883) by Georges Seurat. Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. (50434898477)Carte postale - Les bords de Seine au pont de Suresnes - tableau de Georges Seurat (1859-1891) - RectoCarte postale - Les bords de Seine au pont de Suresnes - tableau de Georges Seurat (1859-1891) - RectoDie Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. 1 1917 (143730957)Die Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. 1 1917 (143730957)Eiffelturm Georges SeuratEiffelturm Georges SeuratErnest Laurent Seurat 1883Ernest Laurent Seurat 1883Georges Seurat - BalayeurGeorges Seurat - Balayeur

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  1. I knew van Gogh less intimately. I spoke to him for the first time in 1887 in a popular eatery near 'La Fourche', Avenue de Clichy, [Paris], (closed).

    Aug 28, 1890, Quotes from a letter to Maurice Beaubourg, 28 August 1890; as quoted in the exhibition-text 'Georges Seurat, 1859 - 1891' (APPENDIX K 381),, Own words

  2. Signac told me of his death this way: 'He Vincent van Gogh gave himself a bullet in the ribs; it passed through his body and lodged in his groin.

    Aug 28, 1890, Quotes from a letter to Maurice Beaubourg, 28 August 1890; as quoted in the exhibition-text 'Georges Seurat, 1859 - 1891' (APPENDIX K 381),, Own words

  3. Allow me to point out an inaccuracy in your biography of Signac, or rather, in order to set aside all doubt, allow me to specify..

    Jun 20, 1890, Félix Fénéon wrote that 'the new 'optical painting' seduced [c. 1885], - several young painters', but he named mainly Signac, Own words

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Georges Pierre Seurat was born in Paris on 2 December 1859, carrying a sensibility so delicate it seemed at odds with his other gift: a near-mathematical precision of mind. He devised chromoluminarism and pointillism, techniques that broke color into calculated points of pure pigment, and worked his conté crayon drawings on rough paper to similar effect. Between 1884 and 1886 he executed A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, a large-scale canvas that initiated Neo-Impressionism and bent the course of modern art away from Impressionism's spontaneity toward something more systematic, more strange. He died in Paris on 29 March 1891, thirty-one years old, leaving behind a method and an icon.

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Lived 1859 to 1891 · aged 31

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