Monday, October 8, 2012

Pointillism - Seurat


Here is a portion of one of Georges Seurat's most famous pointillism paintings, The Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Per Wikipedia, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte shows members of each of the social classes participating in various park activities. The tiny juxtaposed dots of multi-colored paint allow the viewer's eye to blend colors optically, rather than having the colors physically blended on the canvas. It took Seurat two years to complete this 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) painting, much of which he spent in the park sketching in preparation for the work (there are about 60 studies). It is now in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago."

I know this work because at the end of Mission Impossible 2, Ethan and his lady disappear into a very similar looking park in Australia. The use of pointillism creates beautiful color in the painting. 


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