Georges Seurat
French, 1859-1891
Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)
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Georges Seurat
French, 1859-18911884
Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)
Georges Seurat French, 1859-1891 →Post-Impressionismconté crayondrawings (visual works)
Date
1884
Medium
Black Conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board
Dimensions
62 × 47.5 cm (24 7/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Helen Regenstein Collection
Trees is one of 40 studies Georges Seurat did for his masterpiece, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884. With these studies, the artist refined the individual elements of his composition so that together they would form a harmonious whole. Here he focused on the trees near the riverbank, using the rich tones of the conté crayon and the grainy paper surface to approximate the appearance of his paintings. In the final painting, Seurat combined the tree in the foreground and the one leaning out over the river in order to orient the composition toward the water.
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