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Encyclopedia > Chromoluminarism
Sunday Afternoon on the Island La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat, 18841886
oil on canvas, 207.6 × 308 cm
Art Institute of Chicago

Chromoluminarism is a technique used by Neo-impressionists such Georges Seurat (1859-1891). It is also called Divisionism. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte painted by Georges-Pierre Seurat in 1884 – 1886. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier art museums and art schools in the United States, known especially for the extensive collection of Impressionist and American art in its museum. ... Neoimpressionism was a late-19th century art movement led by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, who exhibited their early work in 1884 at the exhibition of the Societé des Artistes Indépendents in Paris. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ...


The technique involves breaking color into its very basic elements, painting in very small and regular dots. From a distance the different dots form a optical mixture of color. The best known example is Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-1886). Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Un dimanche après-midi à lIle de la Grande Jatte) is Georges Seurats most famous work, and is an example of pointillism that is widely considered to be one of...


Another variety of Neo-impressionism is pointillism, which involves painting in dots, though not necessarily with the aim of breaking color. Detail from Seurats La Parade (1889), showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism. ...


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