A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat · 1884
The story
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted from 1884 to 1886 and is Georges Seurat's most famous work. It is recognised as a leading example of pointillist technique and as a founding work of the neo-impressionist movement.
- Artist
- Georges Seurat
- Date
- 1884
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
- Movement
- Post-impressionism, pointillism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 207.5 × 308.1 cm
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