Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)
Medium
Conté crayon on Michallet paper
Dimensions
24 1/2 × 18 11/16 in. (62.2 × 47.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960
Accession Number
61.101.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the early 1880s, Georges Seurat, the pioneering French Post-Impressionist best known for Pointillism, created this intimate profile portrait of his contemporary and friend, Edmond-François Aman-Jean another rising artist in Paris's vibrant art scene. Titled *Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)* and dated 1882–83, the drawing measures 24½ × 18⅞ inches and captures the subject's thoughtful gaze and refined features with remarkable precision. Executed in Conté crayon—a versatile, invented-by-Nicolas-Jacques-Conté medium prized for its rich tonal range—on textured Michallet paper,...
About the Artist
Georges Seurat|Edmond-François Aman-Jean · 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...