Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Un dimanche après-midi à l'Ile de la Grande Jatte) is Georges Seurat's most famous work, and is an example of pointillism that is widely considered to be one of the most remarkable paintings of the 19^th century, belonging to the Post-Impressionism period. Image File history File links Georges_Seurat_-_Un_dimanche_après-midi_à_l'ÃŽle_de_la_Grande_Jatte. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian 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 educational facilities in the United States. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Detail from Seurats La Parade (1889), showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism. ... The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Hundred Years of Independence by Henri Rousseau Post-Impressionism is a term applied to painting styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — after Impressionism. ...

The island of Ile de la [Grand] Jatte is in the Seine in Paris between La Defense and the suburb of Neuilly, bisected by the Pont-de-Levallois. Although for many years it was an industrial site; today it is the site of a public garden and a housing development. In 1884, the island was a bucolic retreat far from the urban center. The Seine (pronounced in French) is a major river of north-western France, and one of its commercial waterways. ... Part of the Paris skyline with from left to right: Montparnasse Tower, Eiffel Tower, and in the background, towers of neighboring La Défense. ... La Défense, the new skyline of Paris La Défense is a district of high-rise offices, apartment blocks and shopping complexes over part of the communes of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux (all in the Hauts-de-Seine département), to the west of Paris. ... There are many places named Neuilly in France: This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Seurat spent two years painting it, focusing scrupulously on the landscape of the park. He reworked the original as well as completed numerous preliminary drawings and oil sketches. He would go and sit in the park and make numerous sketches of the various figures in order to perfect their form. He concentrated on the issues of color, light, and form. The painting is 81 by 120 inches (approximately 2 by 3 metres or 7 by 10 feet). The Harvesters, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565: Peace and agriculture in a pre-Romantic ideal landscape, without sublime terrors Landscape near Bologna, by Frans Koppelaar, 2001: Realistic landscape painted after nature Landscape art depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers and forests. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength [citation needed]. The elementary particle that defines light is the photon. ... Look up form in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The painting in its current residence, the Art Institute of Chicago

Motivated by study in optical and color theory, he contrasted miniature dots of colors that, through optical unification, form a single hue in the viewer's eye. He believed that this form of painting, now known as pointillism, would make the colors more brilliant and powerful than standard brush strokes. To make the experience of the painting even more vivid, he surrounded it with a frame of painted dots, which in turn he enclosed with a pure white, wooden frame, which is how the painting is exhibited today at the Art Institute of Chicago. Image File history File linksMetadata Sundays. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sundays. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier art educational facilities in the United States. ... Dot can refer to several different characters: full stop, or period, primarily used in writing to end a sentence. ... Detail from Seurats La Parade (1889), showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier art educational facilities in the United States. ...

In pop culture

• The Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George is based on the painting.

• The painting is featured in the 1986 film Ferris Buellers's Day Off.

• In 2004, 20^th Century Fox's "The Simpsons" were featured in a poster titled "A Day getting it on with yuor mom" which imitates Seurat's famous painting. A mid-90s Looney Tunes calendar also includes...

• In PC and Commodore 64 versions of the video game Maniac Mansion, a shredded print of the painting hangs over the decaying dining room table.

• A park in the middle of Columbus, Ohio attempts to replicate the piece in three-dimensional topiary. [1].

• Nancy Cameron was posed in front of a copy of the painting, dressed in a similar way, for the January, 1974, edition of Playboy.

• The Nintendo game Animal Crossing: Wild World has this painting for sale under the name "xchicken scratchx"

• Image:Minnesota Picnic Seurat takeon. 020402.JPG

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• A 2006 parks promotion in Beloit, Wisconsin recreated the painting (in photographic form) along the Rock River. [2]

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Related works by Seurat

Bathers at Asnières, 1883-1884 Image File history File links Georges Seurat - Bathers at Asnières (1883-1884), National Gallery, London From Wikimedia Commons [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Figures assises, 1884 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x816, 132 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...	Die Insel La Grande Jatte mit Ausflüglern, 1884 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1004, 197 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...	Paysage et personnages, 1884-1885 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2022, 892 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...
Groupe de personnages, 1884-1885 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x731, 123 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...	Esquisse d'ensemble, 1884-1885 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1747, 548 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...	Femmes au bord de l'eau, 1885-1886 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x1969, 902 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...	Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1697, 513 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ...

External link

• Seurat and the Making of a Grande Jatte