Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight
Georges Seurat
1882–83
Medium
Conté crayon
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 12 1/4 in. (23.6 x 31.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alexander and Gregoire Tarnopol, 1976
Accession Number
1976.243
Tags
FactoriesMoonNight
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...