Seurat, Georges 1859-1891

Georges Seurat by Pierre Courthion ( Book )
20 editions published between 1968 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 1,910 libraries worldwide
Numerous black-and-white illustrations show his extraordinary handling of the mediums of charcoal and conte crayon. The text and commentaries are by French author and critic Pierre Courthion, a foremost authority on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. A biographical essay is followed by an album of reproductions.

Sunday in the park with George : a musical by Stephen Sondheim ( Book )
35 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,742 libraries worldwide
Musical inspired by the painting, A Sunday afternoon on the island of Grand Jatte, and based loosely on the life of its creator, Georges Seurat.

Seurat by Georges Seurat ( Book )
117 editions published between 1921 and 2004 in 7 languages and held by 1,193 libraries worldwide

Georges Seurat, 1859-1891 by Robert L Herbert ( Book )
2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 1,118 libraries worldwide

Georges Seurat : the drawings by Georges Seurat ( Book )
17 editions published between 1983 and 2007 in English and German and held by 1,001 libraries worldwide
"Once described as "the most beautiful painter's drawings in existence," Georges Seurat's mysterious and radiant works on paper played a crucial role in his career. Though Seurat is most often remembered as the inventor of pointillism and for paintings like Un Dimanche a la Grande Jatte, his incomparable drawings are among his - and modernism's - greatest achievements. Working primarily with conte crayon on paper, Seurat explored the Parisian metropolis and its environs, abstracted figures, spaces, and structures, and dramatized the relationship between light and shadow, creating a distinct body of work that is a touchstone for art the twentieth century and today." "Accompanying the first exhibition in almost twenty-five years to focus exclusively on Seurat's drawings,this volume surveys the artist's entire oeuvre - from his academic training and the emergence of his unique methods to the studies made for his monumental canvases. Distinguished writers present important new research on Seurat's artistic strategies, materials, and themes."--BOOK JACKET.

The drawings of Georges Seurat by Georges Seurat ( Book )
10 editions published between 1928 and 1975 in French and English and held by 835 libraries worldwide

Seurat and the making of La Grande Jatte by Robert L Herbert ( Book )
5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 726 libraries worldwide
"Seurat and the Making of "La Grande Jatte" provides an in-depth exploration of one of the world's most renowned paintings, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884 by Georges Seurat. The catalogue accompanies the first comprehensive exhibition of La Grande Jatte and its many related drawings and oil paintings. Seurat scholar Robert L. Herbert makes new revelations about the painting's relationship to its preparatory studies, stressing Seurat's empirical craftsmanship. He compares La Grande Jatte to works by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Signac, also in the exhibition, and analyzes the ways that twentieth-century critics, including Meyer Schapiro, T.J. Clark, and Linda Nochlin, have viewed the picture. Herbert proposes that the enduring fascination of the famous canvas comes from Seurat's mixture of fashion and irony." "Also giving new perspectives in this book, the noted cultural historian Neil Harris charts how and why La Grande Jatte attained its revered status at the Art Institute of Chicago and throughout the United States. Additionally, the exhibition's cocurators examine the painting's place in the museum's collection. Essays by Art Institute conservators show how Seurat transferred and altered figures from studies to final canvas and elucidate the exact nature of his pigments and brushwork. Color scientist Roy S. Berns traces the efforts to digitally recapture the original hues of Seurat's time-altered masterpiece."--BOOK JACKET.

Point counterpoint the life and work of Georges Seurat, 1859-1891 ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 514 libraries worldwide
Provides a close look at Seurat's pointillist technique and masterful craftsmanship, highlighted by conversations with modern artists Henry Moore and Bridget Riley.

Georges Seurat by Mike Venezia ( Book )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 476 libraries worldwide
Describes the life and career of the nineteenth-century French Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat, best known for inventing the painting technique known as Pointillism.

Seurat at Gravelines : the last landscapes by Ellen Wardwell Lee ( Book )
4 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 424 libraries worldwide