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Georges Seurat: 111 Paintings and Drawings

ByMaria Tsaneva

An important Post-Impressionist French painter, Georges Seurat moved away from the apparent spontaneity and rapidity of Impressionism and developed a structured, more monumental art to depict modern urban life. For several of his large compositions, Seurat painted many small studies. He is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the Neo-Impressionist technique commonly known as Divisionism, or Pointillism, an approach associated with a softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. His innovations derived from new quasi-scientific theories about color and expression, yet the graceful beauty of his work is explained by the influence of very different sources. His success quickly propelled him to the forefront of the Parisian avant-garde. His triumph was short-lived, as after barely a decade of mature work he died at the age of only 31.

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Publication Date
Feb 3, 2014
Language
English
ISBN
9781304868459
Category
Art & Photography
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): Maria Tsaneva

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EPUB

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