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title: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat
author: Art Institute of Chicago
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15887/a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatt/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat

_Authored by Art Institute of Chicago_

## Image File

[![A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15887.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15887.png)

## Image Caption

An 1884-6 oil on canvas, *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte*, by Georges Seurat (1859-1891), the French pointillist painter. The Grande Jatte is a narrow island in the Seine near [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/), then a popular destination for day-trippers. This very large canvas was the first to be recognised as part of a new style that replaced [impressionism](https://www.worldhistory.org/Impressionism/), a style that became known as neo-impressionism. Seurat's particular method involved scientifically applying small dots of paint based on charts of complementary colours and theories about light. The formal rigidity of the scene was the most striking new feature of this new method. (Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

## External Links

- [Who Was Georges Seurat? Learn About the Artist Who Invented Pointillism](https://mymodernmet.com/georges-seurat-artworks/)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Chicago, A. I. o. (2022, May 18). A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15887/a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatt/>
### Chicago
Chicago, Art Institute of. "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 18, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15887/a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatt/>.
### MLA
Chicago, Art Institute of. "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 May 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15887/a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatt/>.

## License & Copyright

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