Created By: Wabash County Museum
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges-Pierre Seurat, 1884.
Medium: Oil Paint
Style: Neo-Impressionist
La Grande Jatte is a park in Paris, France and is an island in the Seine River. This Pointillism piece, which is made of "dots" of color to create a larger image, is actually quite large at 7 feet by 10 feet. With what resembles scientific precision, Seurat tackled the issues of color, light, and form. Inspired by research in optical and color theory, he used tiny dabs of colors that, through optical blending, form a single and luminous hue.
This point of interest is part of the tour: Art Wraps of Wabash County
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