How Did George Seurat Contribute To Art
One of the most famous paintings in art history was created by the known artist George Pierre Seurat; his scientific beliefs’ made him look at art as another experiment. As years passed he became more impressed with colors, figures, textures and art elements but his innovations would be highly influential, shaping the work of artists as diverse as Vincent Van Gogh and the Italian painters.
He also pursued the discovery that complementary colors can optically mix to yield far more vivid tones of color that can be achieved by mixing paint. He created other ambitious paintings but none can compare to it, because he used a completely different technique called “divisionism” but later known as “pointillism” which emphasizes on painting small dots of pure color to form an image on canvas.
George Seurat never thought that his work would be recognized, but his ambition was to make modern people appreciate a timeless image through a painting. His idea became a debate to artists that thought it was a way to express themselves and the modern society through a painting. He started his project in May of 1884 and intended it to be exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1885 but the exhibition got cancelled.
Years later, he finally had the chance to present his painting; he was only 26 years old when he showed “A Sunday afternoon on the Island …show more content…
He spent years on the same painting, by making different sizes and focusing on small details to make harmonies of color. Seurat also used complementary colors to make it more appealing to his audience. Finally, Seurat surrounded the painting with a border of a mixture of dots, and then framed it in white to get more color effect. One interesting thing to look is that Seurat used a new pigment called zinc yellow to show bright
He also pursued the discovery that complementary colors can optically mix to yield far more vivid tones of color that can be achieved by mixing paint. He created other ambitious paintings but none can compare to it, because he used a completely different technique called “divisionism” but later known as “pointillism” which emphasizes on painting small dots of pure color to form an image on canvas.
George Seurat never thought that his work would be recognized, but his ambition was to make modern people appreciate a timeless image through a painting. His idea became a debate to artists that thought it was a way to express themselves and the modern society through a painting. He started his project in May of 1884 and intended it to be exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1885 but the exhibition got cancelled.
Years later, he finally had the chance to present his painting; he was only 26 years old when he showed “A Sunday afternoon on the Island …show more content…
He spent years on the same painting, by making different sizes and focusing on small details to make harmonies of color. Seurat also used complementary colors to make it more appealing to his audience. Finally, Seurat surrounded the painting with a border of a mixture of dots, and then framed it in white to get more color effect. One interesting thing to look is that Seurat used a new pigment called zinc yellow to show bright