Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"
1884
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
6 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (15.6 × 24.1 cm) Framed: 13 1/8 × 17 in. (33.3 × 43.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.207
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Art Historical Context
Georges Seurat's *Study for "A Sunday La Grande Jatte"*1884) is a captivating preparatory oil sketch on wood, measuring just 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches. Created as part of the artist's rigorous process for his monumental masterpiece *A Sunday Afternoon on the of La Grande Jatte1884* (now at the Art Institute of Chicago), this panel captures a serene park scene on the Seine River island near Paris. Seurat meticulously studied figures, poses, and light effects outdoors, reflecting the leisurely bourgeois life of 1880s France amid rapid industrialization. A pioneer of Pointillism and Divisionism—a Post...
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...