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GEORGES SEURAT French 1859-1891 Gouache Paper

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GEORGES SEURAT French 1859-1891 Gouache Paper
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Gouache on paper, framed. Featuring a grass yard scene. Signed and attr. Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891), on the lower right corner. 18 x 27.5 cm (7.1 x 10.8 in.). Georges Seurat is chiefly remembered as the pioneer of the Neo-Impressionist technique commonly known as Divisionism, or Pointillism, an approach associated with a softly flickering surface of small dots or strokes of color. His innovations derived from new quasi-scientific theories about color and expression, yet the graceful beauty of his work is explained by the influence of very different sources. Initially, he believed that great modern art would show contemporary life in ways similar to classical art, except that it would use technologically informed techniques. PROVENANCE: Souther Ontario estate