La Grande Jette by George Seuet
In the Art Institute of Chicago, there is a painting that stands out in my mind. It is the painting "La Grande Jette" by George Seuret. The painting features Parisians enjoying a Sunday by the Seine, a river near Neuilly. Many of the Parisians that are pictured are very well to do. Proven by the various activities and dress shown in this painting. As I look at this painting I view this painting I see ladies wearing nipped in corseted waists and bustles. Some of the activities to be viewed are boating and fishing. Other then well to do impictured in this piece there is a mixture of the social classes. Take for example the oarsman who seems to sit harmoniously with the middle to upper class lady and dandy next to him. Impicutred as well are prostitutes, who use the sport of fishing to hide their main reason for being there, which is to "catch" the soldiers who are standing on the bank as well. Off to the bottom right of this picture is a monkey attached to a leash. The leash h!eld by a lady, who is part of the upper class stature. Kept as pets, Capuchio monkeys were all the rage in the day of Seuret. Although some skeptics say Seuret u
"La Grande Jatte" was painted from 1884 all the way up till 1886. This two year masterpiece of Seuret's is an Oil on Canvas, and is 81x 120(205x304cm). It is currently displayed in The Art Institute of Chicago. It is hard for some to believe that a man not quite thirty could produce a piece of work in two years with such maturity and detail. This piece was shown at the last impressionist Exhibition in 1886. It was an immediate sensation. Known for it's modern subject matter and innovative techniques for which it was painted. Seuret instramented the theory of Divisonism. "The theory of breaking down colors into their component parts, so that rather than being mixed as pigments and applied to the canvas, they would, when seen at a right distance, be mixed in the eye", webster's dictionary 1997 addition. Around the piece there is a painted frame, it was designed so that in any one section the colors would complement the colors inside the artwork. Which was a fresh new look instead of the conventional gold frames used to frame pieces of art. It was the perfect optical effect of the viewer. This painting has stuck in my mind for
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