#ArtSaturday Georges-Pierre Seurat 1854-1891
French Impressionist painter who developed Pointillism pic.twitter.com/YUB5mUISQZ— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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had a traditional art educationLandscape at Saint-Ouen, 1879 pic.twitter.com/8AcTemUSjw
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S thought of himself as a typically classical artist/painterA Head of a Girl 1879 pic.twitter.com/Shv6xtiw6E
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After ending formal art education, spent a year in military service1883: exhibited his first work: drawing of his friend Aman-Jean, with whom Seurat shared a studio pic.twitter.com/EfdhNsRvWR
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The Forest at Pontaubert, 1881 pic.twitter.com/3QIXnNrWDN
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Vase of Flowers, 1881 pic.twitter.com/ERnCEG7Bun
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Grassy Riverbank, 1881 pic.twitter.com/yihPZ6CzjM
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Man Leaning on a Parapet, 1881 pic.twitter.com/nOb6htKhpl
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Stone Breakers, Le Raincy, 1881 pic.twitter.com/80hpjDsgqt
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The Suburbs, 1882 pic.twitter.com/LiHUIln6L8
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Landscape in the Ile de France, 1882 pic.twitter.com/4LDnokiyU6
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Peasants Driving Stakes, 1882 pic.twitter.com/pYRLVzppou
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Peasant with a Hoe, 1882 pic.twitter.com/HklFxIMfLo
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wanted to abandon Impressionism, which he felt captured “only the fleeting moment”Fishing in the Seine 1883 pic.twitter.com/tFxEUKBlUJ
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saw himself as a classical painter though his subject matter — everyday people — was of the Impressionist school rather than of the Classical oneFarm Women at Work, 1883 pic.twitter.com/t3xOJBezKQ
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posed figures in paintings as if they were in monumental Classical reliefs, but painted ordinary people, not heroes, nobility, or royaltyRiverbank of the Seine at Asnieres, 1883 pic.twitter.com/l5GsA2TTl8
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tried to capture all the colors that “interacted with each other” when viewing an objectEdge of Wood, Springtime, 1883 pic.twitter.com/8LORWz2rE3
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Clothes on the Grass, 1883 pic.twitter.com/ywrLPZvEa9
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1883:
Peasant Woman Seated in Grass
Laborers
View of the Seine pic.twitter.com/gbSb66LFks— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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1884:
Cadet from Saint Cyr
Courbevoie Landscape with Turret
Horse and Cart
Seated and Standing Woman pic.twitter.com/PuJ8F57ko5— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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unlike other Impressionists, S did many studies for his paintings, rather than paint only from what he was viewing1884: Bathers at Asnière
Seurat’s fist major painting with new techniques
rejected for exhibition by Salon pic.twitter.com/h5eI7eFJKP— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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1884: Study for a Sunday Afternoon pic.twitter.com/rSmqGfT1rg— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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Pointillism was originally coined by critics to mock technique of painting small, distinct dots to form pattern
Pointillism developed by Seurat, leading to Neo-Impressionism
A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte, 1884 (his most famous work using Pointillism) pic.twitter.com/VBDKlnoUdT— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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A View of Fort Samson, 1885 pic.twitter.com/Sa3JHDUCtP
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Le Bec de Hoc, 1885 pic.twitter.com/2rZ7uUx7OO
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Corner of the Harbour de Honfleur, 1886 pic.twitter.com/6zgP22azfS
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Circus SideShow, 1887-88 pic.twitter.com/I8inxcZ5P0
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The Seine and La Grande Jatte, Springtime, 1888 pic.twitter.com/CHdiLWKKYH
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Grey Weather, Grande Jatte, 1888 pic.twitter.com/UAME3GE8XQ
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The Models, 1888
(Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon appears in background) pic.twitter.com/0iTC8kL8Yx— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018
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1889: hid his relationship with artist’s model Madeleine Knobloch (also, Knoblock) though they lived together and she bore him childrenWoman Powdering Herself (featuring Madeleine) 1889 pic.twitter.com/acRph7YoBj
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Eiffel Tower, 1889 pic.twitter.com/ccyqsYfaRV
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1891: died, age 31, @ parents home, from meningitis/pneumonia
son died 2 weeks later from same disease/infection
Madeleine pregnant
2nd child died during birth or shortly after
last work, The Circus, left unfinished at Seurat’s death pic.twitter.com/TCSXXPIhdx— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) January 13, 2018