About Georges Seurat
inventing Pointillism[7] through science and secrecy, completing La Grande Jatte in two years of thousands of dots, then dying at thirty-one
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Where to see Georges Seurat
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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19 recorded worksMusée d'Orsay
Paris, France
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16 recorded works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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10 recorded worksMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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11 recorded works
National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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6 recorded works
Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia, United States
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5 recorded worksKröller-Müller Museum
Otterlo, Netherlands
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3 recorded works
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
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4 recorded works
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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4 recorded works
Courtauld Institute of Art
London, United Kingdom
Also here (3)
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4 recorded works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, United States
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Hand-finished archival prints from Georges Seurat's body of work.
A River Bank (The Seine at Asnières) - Georges Seurat
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Harbour at Port-en-Bessin at High Tide - Georges Seurat
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The Circus - Georges Seurat
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White Houses, Ville d'Avray - Georges Seurat
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Women by the Water - Georges Seurat
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Artist at Work (Self-Portrait) - Georges Seurat
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Boy with Horse - Georges Seurat
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Model in Profile - Georges Seurat
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3 recorded works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 recorded workPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
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3 recorded works
Courtauld Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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3 recorded works
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
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3 recorded works
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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2 recorded works
National Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1 recorded workCleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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2 recorded worksNorton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
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2 recorded works
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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2 recorded works
Musée d'Art moderne de Troyes
Troyes, France
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2 recorded works
Rosengart Collection
Lucerne, Switzerland
Also here (3)
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2 recorded works
Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection
Zurich, Switzerland
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2 recorded works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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2 recorded works
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
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2 recorded worksFitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
Tate
London, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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1 recorded work
Scottish National Gallery
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Also here (2)
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1 recorded work
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1 recorded workMuseum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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1 recorded work
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Kunstmuseum Basel
Basel, Switzerland
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1 recorded workDallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
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1 recorded workSmith College Museum of Art
Northampton, United States
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1 recorded work
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
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1 recorded workDumbarton Oaks
Washington D.C., United States
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1 recorded work
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Bristol, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
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1 recorded work
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Lille, France
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1 recorded work
Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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1 recorded work
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
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1 recorded work
Pola Museum of Art
Hakone, Japan
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1 recorded workDetroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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1 recorded work
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, United States
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1 recorded work
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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1 recorded work
Hiroshima Museum of Art
Hiroshima, Japan
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1 recorded work
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Paris, France
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1 recorded work
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls, United States
Also here (1)
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1 recorded workFine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
3 more museums hold works by Georges Seurat with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Georges Seurat art techniques?
Georges Seurat's art technique is known as pointillism, a 'quasiscientific' method.Why did Georges Seurat use pointillism?
Georges Seurat called his method Chromo-Luminarism, but it is known as pointillism.Did Georges Seurat create pointillism?
Georges Seurat's 'quasiscientific method' is known as pointillism.Did george seurat invent pointillism?
Georges Seurat's 'quasiscientific method' is known as pointillism.What was Georges Seurat's technique called?
Georges Seurat's technique is known as pointillism.Why did Georges Seurat start painting?
Georges Seurat studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Henri Lehmann, drawing from plaster casts of antique sculpture. By his early twenties he had already begun reading Charles Blanc and Michel Eugene Chevreul on colour theory, and Ogden Rood's Modern Chromatics on the composition of light.What art technique is Georges Seurat most famous for?
Georges Seurat is most famous for his 'quasiscientific' method known as pointillism.How did george seurat paint?
Georges Seurat's method is known as pointillism, a 'quasiscientific' method.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Georges Seurat's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Courtauld Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Scottish National Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Van Gogh Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Cleveland Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum Norton Simon Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] wikipedia Wikipedia: Georges Seurat Used for: biography.
- [8] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography.
- [9] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
- [10] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
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