1. Georges Seurat 1859-1891 He is considered a Neo-Impressionist.
His work is sometimes called Pointillism—but this term really reflects the way his work appears once it has been created.
Divisionism was the term Seurat preferred because this term reflects the color theories that he was pursuing.
Chevreul’s Law: the law of the simultaneous contrast of colors.
Adjacent objects not only exchange reflections of their own colors but create in each other reactions complementary to their own. In a yellow object set beside a red one, a practiced eye will see a trace of green, the complementary of red.

2. Complementary Colors

4. Seurat’s compositions have a frieze-like quality; figures appears to be frozen in space. Below is a frieze that depicts a procession; what is the title of the work of which this frieze is a part?

5. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
1884
Georges Seurat
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
1884

6. Georges Seurat Bathers at Asnieres 1884 Georges Seurat

7. Georges Seurat Circus Sideshow 1887-88

8. Georges Seurat Model from Behind 1887 Georges Seurat Model from Behind

9. Georges Seurat
Le Chahut
Georges Seurat
Le Chahut

10. Georges Seurat
The Circus
1891

11. Georges Seurat The Effiel Tower 1889 Georges Seurat The Effiel Tower