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- Georges Seurat
- Seated Nude: Study for 'Une Baignade'
- 1883
- D 5110
- Georges Seurat
- A Study for 'Une Baignade'
- about 1883
- NG 2222
- Georges Seurat
- La Luzerne, Saint-Denis
- 1885
- NG 2324
- On Display
Georges Seurat (French, 1859 - 1891)
Seurat's distinctive paintings, famous for their 'pointillism', are often described as neo-impressionist in style. This refers to their links with, but also their development away from, Impressionism. Supported by his family and free from financial worries, Seurat studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. While sharing the Impressionists' fascination with translating light effects into paint through vibrant colour he felt that their compositions lacked structure. He was also interested in achieving a more scientific and rational approach to painting and devised the technique of using small dots of unmixed colour side by side to produce an 'optical mixture.'
