Sunday, 18 March 2012

Georges Seurat - part 3

Georges Seurat by Maximilien Luce 1889

This is part 3 of a 4-part post on the works of the French artist Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891). Seurat, along with fellow artist Paul Signac originated the influential theory and practice of neo-impressionism, and is noted for his creation of the pointillist technique. For biographical notes on Seurat see part 1.


c1884 Woman Strolling 
conté crayon on Michallet paper 31.7 x 24.1 cm

1885 Boats, Low Tide, Grandcamp 
oil on canvas 65.4  x 81.6 cm

1885 Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 
oil on canvas 66 x 82.5 cm

1885 Study for Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 
oil on panel 15.6 x 24.5 cm

1885 The English Channel at Grandcamp 
oil on canvas 66 x 82.5 cm

1885 View of Fort Samson 
oil on canvas 65 x 81.5 cm

1885-6 Women at the Water's Edge 
oil on panel 15.7 x 25 cm

1885-86 Alfalfa Fields, Saint-Denis 
oil on canvas 64.1 x 81 cm

c1885 The Seine at Courbevoie 
oil on canvas 81.4 x 75.1 cm

1886 A Corner of the Harbour of Honfleur 
oil on canvas 79.4 x 62.9 cm

1886 End of the Jetty, Honfleur 
oil on canvas 45.7 x 55.2 cm

1886 Entrance to the Port of Honfleur 
oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm

1886 Evening, Honfleur 
oil on canvas 65.4 x 81.3 cm

1886 La Maria, Honfleur 
oil on canvas 52.7 x 63.5 cm

1886 Study for "Les Poseuses" 
conté crayon on laid paper 29.7 x 22.5 cm

1887-88 Les Poseuses 
oil on canvas 200 x 250.8 cm

 Three more works related to "Les Poseuses":


1887 Seated Model in Profile 
24 x 14.6 cm

1887 Standing Model 
26 x 17.2 cm

1887 Seated Model from Behind 
24.4 x 15.7 cm

1886 The Lighthouse at Honfleur 
oil on canvas 66.6 x 81.9 cm

1886 The Shore at Bas-Butin, Honfleur 
oil on canvas 64.4 x 81.9 cm

1886-87 Bridge at Courbevoie 
oil on canvas 46.4 x 55.3 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

1886-88 Grey Weather, Grande Jatte

1887 Still Life with Hat, Umbrella, and Clothes on a Chair 
conté crayon and gouache 31 x 23.7 cm

1887 Study for "Invitation to the Sideshow" 
oil on panel 16.5 x 26 cm

1888 Invitation to the Sideshow ( La Parade de Cirque ) 
oil on canvas 99.7 x 149.9 cm

1887-8 Café - Concert 
conté crayon and chalk on paper 31.4 x 23.6

1888 ( Port-en-Bessin ) 
oil on canvas 65.1 x 80.9 cm


Friday, 16 March 2012

Georges Seurat - part 2

Georges Seurat by Ernest Laurent Seurat 1883

This is part 2 of a 4-part post on the works of the French artist Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891). Seurat, along with fellow artist Paul Signac originated the influential theory and practice of neo-impressionism, and is noted for his creation of the pointillist technique. For biographical notes on Seurat see part 1.


1883 Fishermen 
16.2 x 24.8 cm

1883 Route de Gennevilliers

c1883-4 Poplars 
conté crayon on paper 24.3 x 31 cm

c1883-4 Stone Breaker with Wheelbarrow 
oil on panel 17.1 x 26 cm

c1883 Boat by the Bank, Asnieres 
oil on canvas 15 x 24 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

c1883 House Among the Trees 
oil on panel 16 x 25 cm

c1883 Man Painting his Boat 
oil on panel 16 x 24 cm

c1883 Two Banks 
oil on panel 15 x 24.8 cm

1884 Bathers at Asnières 
oil on canvas 201 x 300 cm

The following three works are sketches or studies related to the above Bathers at Asnières:

1883 Seated Nude, Study for Bathers at Asnières 
conté crayon on paper 31.7 x 24.7 cm

1883-4 L'Echo, study for Bathers at Asnières 
conté crayon on Michallet paper 31.2 x 24 cm

c1883-4 Study for Bathers at Asnières 
oil on wood 15.7 x 24.9 cm

1884-86 Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte 
oil on canvas 207.5 x 308.1

The following twelve works are sketches and studies related to Seurat's most famous masterpiece - the above Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte:

1884 A Woman Fishing ( study for la Grande Jatte ) 
conté crayon on paper 30.8 x 23.8 cm

1884 Monkey ( study for la Grande Jatte ) 
conté crayon on paper 31.1 x 23.9 cm

1884 Oil Sketch for la Grande Jatte  
oil on panel 15.5 x 24.3 cm

1884 Study for la Grande Jatte 
oil on canvas 70.5 x 104.1 cm

1884 Study for la Grande Jatte 
oil on wood 15.6 x 24.1 cm

1884 Study for la Grande Jatte

1884 Tree Trunks ( study for la Grande Jatte ) 
conté crayon on laid paper 47.4 x 61.5 cm

1884 Trees ( study for la Grande Jatte ) 
conté crayon on laid paper 62 x 47.5 cm

1884 Woman Walking with a Parasol ( study for la Grande Jatte ) 
conté crayon on laid paper 31.7 x 24.1 cm

1884 Woman with a Parasol ( study for la Grande Jatte )

1884-5 Seated Woman with a Parasol ( study for la Grande Jatte )
 conté crayon on laid paper 47.7 x 31.5 cm

1884-5 Study for la Grande Jatte 
oil on panel 15.6 x 25.2 cm

c1884-6 Woman with Umbrella 
conté crayon on Michallet paper 31.7 x 24.7 cm

c1884 Fisherman 
oil on panel 33.5 x 42.7 cm

c1884 Man in a Boat 
oil on panel 15 x 24 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

c1884 The Rue St. Vincent, Paris, in Spring 
oil on panel 24.7 x 15.5 cm