Displays an exhibition of over one hundred drawings by nineteenth-century artist George Seurat, particularly the conte crayon drawings, along with six essays exploring new research about the artist's materials and themes.
Georges Seurat died in 1891, aged only 32, and yet in a career that lasted little more than a decade he revolutionized technique in painting, spearheaded a new movement, Neoimpressionism, and bought a degree of scientific rigour to his ...
This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.
"This collection of the most influential of Herbert's writings on Seurat, long out of print, bear out the praise he has received for "his ability to mix a deep knowledge of paintings and drawings as physical objects with an acute awareness ...
The centrally placed bollard anchors the foreground securely; it and the gently curving revetment allow the quay to zoom back with satisfactory conviction. The careened boat tilting toward the lighthouse marks one ofthe few contrasting ...
Close-up images of small parts of the works call readers’ attention to interesting details, like the child in this painting who’s looking straight out of the canvas.
The definitive overview of the work and life of Seurat, the great Neo-impressionist artist.
A study of the master of pointillism by a highly respected historian of impressionism has been complemented with reproductions of all of the artist's major works, preparatory sketches, and studies.
This book by Paul Smith views the artist in a new context and explodes some of the myths that have grown up about him.
Describes the life and career of the nineteenth-century French Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat, best known for inventing the painting technique known as Pointillism.
Peter Russell Delphi Classics. Albrecht Dürer Amedeo Modigliani Anthony van Dyck Artemisia Gentileschi Berthe Morisot Camille Pissarro Canaletto Caravaggio Caspar David Friedrich Claude Lorrain Claude Monet Correggio Dante Gabriel ...