Academic Male Nude
Georges Seurat
1877
Medium
Black Conté crayon, black chalk, and charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
63.6 × 48.5 cm (25 1/16 × 19 1/8 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
202356
About the Artist
Georges Seurat · 1859–1891
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) was the founder of Neo-Impressionism and the inventor of Pointillism, a revolutionary technique that transformed how artists understand and apply color. In a tragically brief career cut short at age 31, Seurat produced only seven monumental paintings, yet his systematic application of color theory fundamentally altered the direction of modern art. Born in Paris to a pro...