Tag: Georges Seurat

Exhibition of French Drawings from Poussin to Seurat at the National Galleries in Scotland

EDINBURGH.- An outstanding collection of French master drawings will be the focus of a new display at the National Gallery Complex in Edinburgh next spring. Over the last thirty years the Gallery has carefully and deliberately strengthened its holding…

Art Institute of Chicago Announces Significant Acquisition of Seminal Kazimir Malevich Painting

CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announces one of the most significant acquisitions in its history: Kazimir Malevich’s Painterly Realism of a Football Player–Color Masses in the 4th Dimension (1915). Joining such works as Georges Seurat’s A…

Art Institute of Chicago Announces Significant Acquisition of Seminal Kazimir Malevich Painting

CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announces one of the most significant acquisitions in its history: Kazimir Malevich’s Painterly Realism of a Football Player–Color Masses in the 4th Dimension (1915). Joining such works as Georges Seurat’s A…

Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Expected to Exceed $200 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- The Christie’s announced further details of its upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3. Led by significant works by Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Gustave Caillebotte, Georges Seura…

Out of Art into Literacy at NGA London

OUT OF ART INTO LITERACY Learning Gallery 13 September – 5 December 2010 London primary school children are to have their creative writing displayed at the National Gallery this autumn in a unique exhibition. Out of Art into Literacy celebrates the outcomes of two innovative National Gallery education projects: Into the Frame and Out of […]

Maximilien Luce Retrospective at Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny

GIVERNY.- Covering Luce’s career, the exhibition brings together around 80 works and features some of the most significant examples of Neo-impressionist painting. Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was born in Paris to an artisan’s family. He worked…

Maximilien Luce, Neo-Impressionist. A Retrospective at Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny

GIVERNY.- Covering Luce’s career, the exhibition brings together around 80 works and features some of the most significant examples of Neo-impressionist painting. Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was born in Paris to an artisan’s family. He worked…

Kunsthaus Zürich Presents Work by Georges Seurat One of the Fathers of Modern Art

ZURICH.- Under the heading ‘Figure in Space’, the
Kunsthaus Zürich presents work by one of the fathers of modern art, Georges
Seurat, from 2 October 2009 until 17 January 2010. A colleague of Paul Cézanne
and Vincent van Gogh’s, Seurat b…

The Maeght Foundation: Jewel of the French Riviera

The French Riviera wasn’t always known as a getaway for the rich and famous.  Under the glittery veneer is a subtle beauty that comes not only from the natural surroundings, but also the warmth and joie de vivre of the local residents.

Schirn Kunsthalle Presents First Survey in Germany of Georges Seurat’s Pointillism

Georges Seurat - "Circus Parade", 1888 - Oil on canvas, 99.7 X 149.9 cm. - Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art

FRANKFURT.- The French Neo-Impressionist Georges
Seurat (1859–1891) is considered to be one of the icons of nineteenth-century
art and the most important exponent of Pointillism
, a style of
painting he developed.
With about sixty paintings, oil studies, and
drawings from public and private collections in London, Paris, Zurich, New York,
San Francisco, a.o., the exhibition in the Schirn Kunsthalle offers a
representative survey and, at the same time, focuses on a crucial aspect of
Seurat’s oeuvre: the figure in space. No other pictorial subject tells more
about Seurat’s art. Both his paintings and drawings testify to his great
interest in the subject, which he dedicated himself to throughout his entire
creative career. The artist initially looked to groups such as the École de
Barbizon, to epochs like the Renaissance, or to fellow artists such as Puvis de
Chavannes, but realized his subjects in a new painting technique and innovative
compositions. Examining the Impressionists’ pictorial solutions and the most
recent scientific insights in the fields of physiology and chromatics,
Georges Seurat developed the method that went down in art history as
Pointillism and became an important source of inspiration for later
artists.
On view 4 February through 9 May,
2010.

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