The means of expression is the optical mixture of tones, of… - Georges Seurat

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The means of expression is the optical mixture of tones, of tints (of local color and the illuminating color: sun, oil lamp, gas, etc.), that is, of the lights and of their reactions (shadows) following the laws of contrast, of gradation, of irradiation.

Georges Seurat

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Georges-Pierre Seurat (2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for the color-technique of . His large-scale work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886) broke with Impressionism and initiated Neo-impressionism.

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Native Name: Georges-Pierre Seurat

Alternative Names: George Pierre Seurat • Seurat • Georges Pierre Seurat • g. seurat • georges seurat • Zhorzh Sera • Hsiu-la • seurat geo. • geo. seurat • geo seurat

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