1884-1886: “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”

 

1884-1886

“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat, Pointillism, Neo-Impressionism, Oil on canvas, 207.6 cm × 308 cm (The Art Institute of Chicago)

The dots on the painting creates the figure, and the change between the hue of the color created the form of the body. This painting has a relaxed scenery where people come together to be in the present and have fun. There are people of various ages with various things on their agenda. Even the animals are doing something different. The color used in the painting is light with an exception of the foreground which is darker than any other area, and it is an exception which provides the viewer a better depth of field because a dotted painting often comes out as plain.

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