Seurat and the Sea - Georges Seurat - Paul Holberton - relié - Beau livre

Ce catalogue savant et magnifiquement illustré retrace l’évolution du style radical et distinctif de l’artiste français, Georges Seurat, à travers le motif récurrent de la mer. Il accompagne la toute première grande exposition consacrée aux marines de Seurat qui se tient à la Courtauld Gallery de Londres. C’est également la première exposition dédiée à l’artiste au Royaume-Uni depuis près de 30 ans. Georges Seurat (1859-1891) is best known as the creator of the Neo-Impressionist technique, in which shapes and light are rendered by juxtaposing small dots of pure colour. Seurat and the Sea brings together paintings, oil sketches and drawings made during the five summers he spent on the northern coast of France between 1885 and 1890. Working in port towns along the English Channel - including Honfleur, Port-en-Bessin and Gravelines - Seurat captured their seascapes, regattas and port activity in his luminous, atmospheric style. These coastal works are an important counterpoint to his bett