Georges Seurat, 1881 - The Forest at Pontaubert - fine art print

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Seurat spent two months in the late summer and early fall of 1881 in Pontaubert, a village southeast of Paris once frequented by Daubigny, Corot, and other Barbizon landscape painters. His visit inspired this sous-bois or forest glade, which Seurat probably completed that winter in the studio he shared with his traveling companion and fellow artist Aman-Jean. With its concert of greens, its subtle, shimmering light effects, and its vertical pattern of tree trunks, this work anticipates the verdant settings of Seurat’s monumental Bathers at Asnières in London (1884) and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte in Chicago (1884–86).

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This work of art was painted by the pointilist painter Georges Seurat. The over 130 year old original had the size: 31 1/8 x 24 5/8 in (79,1 x 62,5 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the European artist as the medium of the artwork. This work of art can be viewed in in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We are happy to state that the work of art, which belongs to the public domain is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Gift of Raymonde Paul, in memory of her brother, C. Michael Paul, by exchange, 1985. : Purchase, Gift of Raymonde Paul, in memory of her brother, C. Michael Paul, by exchange, 1985. What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Georges Seurat was a male painter, drawer of French nationality, whose art style can be attributed primarily to Pointillism. The European artist lived for a total of 32 years - born in the year 1859 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and died in the year 1891 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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