Major Works

The true mastery of science and the arts by Seurat allowed him to convey harmony and emotion into his work. Though considered to be an artist, he was a new generation of artist who joined the discipline of science combining it with art to complement and make a picture that the likes of which has never been seen before. His works are the epitome of this union with paintings that come to life with bright hues and colors that seem to come out of no where that are perceived only by the human eye. When analyzed closely, his work is a combination of many dots of pure color that when viewed from a distance produces the effect of a whole image. Such is the influence of this science on the arts that even today’s printers utilize the same laws to produce a seemingly indefinite array of colors from a few basic or primary colors.

His masterpiece, “Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte” is a combination of tiny dots of primary colors that when looked at be a perceiver is left to the brain to process and make a complete image.  The painting took him so much time that it is known to have had him conduct 60 studies in the said park in preparation for his work on the said piece. The master of Pointillism is known to have been influenced heavily by Rembrandt and Francisco de Goya at an early age that has led him to develop his unique and proprietary style for the art world. He produced 500 drawings that alone can establish him as a prominent artist of the time but he will be forever linked to the technique of utilizing the tiniest of dots or strokes of different colors that when seen by the eye is processed by the mind to produce a lively color rich true work of art.