Georges Seurat

Also known as Georges-Pierre Seurat, George Pierre Seurat, Seurat, Georges Pierre Seurat, g. seurat, Zhorzh Sera, Hsiu-la

French painter (1859-1891)

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Georges Seurat, born Georges-Pierre Seurat in 1859, was a French painter and draftsperson. He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris under Henri Lehmann. His professional focus included painting and architectural drafting. He was associated with the pointillism, Neo-impressionism, and Post-impressionism movements.

His notable works include A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Bathers at Asnières, and The Circus Parade. Seurat participated in Documenta III. He died in Paris on the boulevard de Magenta in 1891 due to natural causes. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. He spoke French and Japanese.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1859 births, 1891 deaths and 19th-century French male artists.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of death: boulevard de Magenta
Occupation: architectural draftsperson
Educated at: Beaux-Arts de Paris
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Notable work: The Circus Parade
Participant in: Documenta III
Student of: Henri Lehmann
Field of work: Neo-impressionism
Genre: portrait
Movement: Neo-impressionism
Image: Georges Seurat 1888 (cropped).jpg
Work location: Port-en-Bessin-Huppain

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Commons category: Georges Seurat
date of birth: 1859-12-02
date of death: 1891-03-29
Commons gallery: Georges Seurat
Commons Creator page: Georges Seurat
topic's main category: Category:Georges Seurat
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Georges-Pierre Seurat
student: Charles Angrand
has works in the collection: Kunstmuseum Basel
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
significant person: Ernest Laurent

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Works in European collections

10 objects attributed to Georges Seurat, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

La Grande Jatte

Steep rocks in Grandcamp

His Landscape

Hafeneinfahrt von Honfleur

Sunday at Port-en-Bessin Harbour

Figuren in Landschaft

Untitled

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Encyclopedic overview

Georges Pierre Seurat ( UK: /ˈsɜːrɑː, -ə/ SUR-ah, -⁠ə, US: /sʊˈrɑː/ suu-RAH; French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa]; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface.

Seurat's artistic personality combined qualities that are usually thought of as opposed and incompatible: on the one hand, his extreme and delicate sensibility, on the other, a passion for logical abstraction and an almost mathematical precision of mind. His large-scale work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886) altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-Impressionism, and is one of the icons of late 19th-century painting.

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