# A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

By [Georges Seurat](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/georges-seurat.md>), 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.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 207.5 × 308.1 cm
- Collection: [Art Institute of Chicago](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/art-institute-chicago.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Post-Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/post-impressionism.md>), [Pointillism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/pointillism.md>)

## Image

![A large park scene of people relaxing beside the Seine, painted from countless small color marks.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/aic-grande-jatte/full.jpg?v=76181e21e575e61a394741c575795953cd06aa57259edee7223b9c9fe56aa311>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Sunday_on_La_Grande_Jatte,_Georges_Seurat,_1884.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Art Institute of Chicago collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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