Self Portrait
Georges Seurat
(December 2, 1859 - March 29, 1891)
Georges Seurat (December 2, 1859 - March 29, 1891) was a French painter and draftsman. His large work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, his most famous painting, altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of 19th century painting.
Seurat was born into a very rich family in Paris. His father, Antoine Chrysostom Seurat, was a legal official and a native of Champagne; his mother, Ernestine Faivre, was Parisian.
Georges Seurat first studied art with Justin Lequiene, a sculptor. Seurat attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1878 and 1879.
The Eiffel Tower 1889
Seated Boy With Straw Hat
Alfalfa Fields Saint Denis
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte 1886
Forest Path Barbizon
A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte
Port En Bessin Entrance To The Outer Harbor
Courbevoie Landscape With Turret
Bathing At Asnieres 1884
Horse
Port-en-Bessin, Sunday 1888
Landscape With Copy After Le Pauvre Pecheur