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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

Georges Seurat, 1884–1886

Seurat built this riverside crowd from distinct color marks, letting the viewer's eye combine them into a monumental image of modern leisure.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 207.5 × 308.1 cm
Gallery: Art Institute of Chicago
Credit: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection

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Post-Impressionism Pointillism

Art Institute of Chicago

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Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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