ModelsGeorges Seurat · 1887
Oil On Canvas
WallArt
Impressionism
1887
19th Century
Barnes Foundation
The Composition and Subject Matter
The painting depicts a nude female body in three different poses, serving as a response to critics who claimed Seurat's technique was too cold to represent life. The composition is highly intricate, featuring the models in a way that subverts traditional hierarchies by using large canvas dimensions typically reserved for history paintings. In the left background, the work incorporates part of Seurat's earlier masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. This inclusion helps establish the studio setting and connects the various stages of his artistic evolution.
Technical Execution
The artwork is a post-impressionist piece that utilizes a pointillist technique. The scene is composed of a series of colored dots that blend together when viewed from afar. The painting includes part of the 1884–1886 work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in the left background. The figures are depicted in three different poses.
Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891)
Francuski neoimpresionist, ki je s pointillizmom in drobnimi pikami čiste barve rekonstruiral svetlobo in oblike v prizorih pariškega prostega časa.
Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia, Združene države Amerike)
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O umetniškem delu
- Naslov: Models
- Umetnik: Georges Seurat
- Leto: 1887
- Format: Landscape
- Status avtorskih pravic: Dostopno v javni lastnini
- Kje je razstavljeno: Barnes Foundation
- Material in tehnika: Oil On Canvas
- Obdobje: 19th Century
- Ustvarjalno obdobje: Mature Period
- Inventarna številka: BF811
Ključni podatki
- Location: Private Collection
- Title: Models
- Artistic style: Post-Impressionism
- Artist: Georges Pierre Seurat
- Notable elements or techniques: Optical mixing; Pointillist dots
Vprašanja in odgovori
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