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In fact, through the construction of the George Seurat puzzle you can explore new horizons of art, and not by chance “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” is one of the most important works of the artistic movement known as Pointillism.
Seurat is the master of Pointillism par excellence. A French painter and draftsman, he was a founder and leading exponent of Neo-Impressionism. Born to wealthy parents, he never had to worry about earning a living and pursued his artistic research without concern for anything else.
Seurat’s artistic training followed the traditional teaching standards, and after practicing drawing with copies of paintings, casts, and illustrations, he enrolled in 1877 at the École des Beaux-Arts.
From 1877 he rented a studio with Aman-Jean, whom he met at the municipal drawing school. However, his studies were interrupted by military service in 1879.
In May 1879, Seurat and Aman visited the 4th Impressionist Exhibition, being unexpectedly and deeply impressed. At the École des Beaux-Arts Seurat also focused on Piero della Francesca and the works of ancient and great classical masters.
After military service, the artist returned to Paris in 1880 and for the following years dedicated himself to drawing. In fact, he was a fantastic draftsman, so much so that drawing, both as a preliminary sketch and as a completed work, always played a very important role in his work. He worked with broad, velvety tonal areas and used pastel on coarse-grain paper.
He frequented Parisian libraries diligently, studying engravings and reproductions, as well as treatises on painting, aesthetics, and science. He aimed to establish a rational system to achieve that type of vibrant color effect that the Impressionists had reached instinctively.
Presented at the Salon des Indépendants in 1891, The Circus was incomplete and would never be finished. A few days after the opening of the exhibition, a sudden illness, probably meningitis, caused Seurat’s death at just 31 years old, and his passing was deeply felt in the artistic world.
Seurat’s work was very influential, but his students did not show the same inspiration.
Seurat planned his works with extraordinary care and for this reason they have none of the fleeting instant typical of Impressionism. They are the result of a scientific pursuit of harmony.
