Seurat - Helewise Berger; Marieke Jooren; Suzanne Veldink
KORTE INHOUD
Georges Seurat (Paris 1859-1891) was the initiator of Neo-impressionism. With his paintings built up from countless tiny dots or points of paint and his great attention to scientific colour theories, he developed a new form of aesthetics. Seurat died young, at the age of just 31. He was only able to produce around 50 paintings in his short career. Through loans from museums and private collectors from all over the world, the museum has brought together 23 of his paintings and 24 of his drawings. It is the first time that so many of the painted and drawn works of Seurat are being exhibited in the Netherlands. Even 'Le Cirque' (The Circus), one of the showpieces at the Musée d'Orsay, will be coming to Otterlo. Seurat was one of the elite among the Parisian avant-garde artists, and exchanged ideas with like-minded artists and writers. Over the course of the nineteenth century, the French capital developed into a modern metropolis with wide boulevards, large parks, commercial entertainment venues, and a ring of s...
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2014Uitgever: Kröller-Müller Museum144 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9073313287ISBN-13: 9789073313286Koop dit boek tweedehands
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This richly illustrated catalogue, which appeared with the exhibition Seurat. Master of pointillism in 2014, it is entirely devoted to Seurat, his life, the enchanting paintings, drawings he made in Paris and on the northern French coast. The world in which his work originated is also extensively documented in this book with photos, maps and documents. It contains many interesting facts about the studios in which he worked, the locations he depicted, the exhibitions in which he participated, the people who ...
