Seurat The Artist at Work - Drawing. Public domain image.
Summary
Artist at work, Conté crayon, Gallatin Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) was a French painter and draftsman. His large work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, his most famous painting, altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of 19th century painting. Seurat was born into a very rich family in Paris. His father, Antoine Chrysostom Seurat, was a legal official and a native of Champagne; his mother, Ernestine Faivre, was Parisian.
Date
1884
Source
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Copyright info
public domain