Georges Seurat
Author
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Once described as "the most beautiful painter's drawings in existence," Georges Seurat's mysterious and radiant works on paper played a crucial role in his career. Though Seurat is most often remembered as the inventor of pointillism and for paintings like Un Dimanche a la Grande Jatte, his incomparable drawings are among his - and modernism's - greatest achievements. Working primarily with conte crayon on paper, Seurat explored the Parisian metropolis...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Numerous black-and-white illustrations show his extraordinary handling of the mediums of charcoal and conte crayon. The text and commentaries are by French author and critic Pierre Courthion, a foremost authority on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. A biographical essay is followed by an album of reproductions.
Publisher
MasterPieces Inc
Pub. Date
[Date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
"Seurat's famous pointillism painting of a Sunday afternoon along the river Seine. Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte was painted between 1884 and 1886. The original painting is large scale: 10 feet by 7 feet. This 1,000 piece puzzle reproduction is part of the Masterpieces of Art series."--Seriouspuzzles.com