A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

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Post‑Impressionist artwork oil painting painting pointillist painting

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 is Georges Seurat’s iconic pointillist masterpiece depicting Parisians relaxing in a riverside park, and one of the most celebrated paintings of the late 19th century.

Aliases (6)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Post‑Impressionist artwork → oil painting → painting → pointillist painting →
artist	Georges Seurat →
artStyle	Pointillism →
city	Chicago →
collection	Art Institute of Chicago →
completionDate	1886 →
countryOfOrigin	France →
creator	Georges Seurat →
depicts	Parisians relaxing in a park → Seine River → a monkey on a leash → dogs → people sitting → people strolling → sailboats → top‑hatted men → women with parasols → Île de la Grande Jatte →
exhibition	last Impressionist exhibition of 1886 →
follows	Bathers at Asnières →
genre	genre painting → landscape painting →
hasPart	painted border using pointillist dots →
height	207.6 cm →
inception	1884 →
influenced	development of Neo‑Impressionism → later pointillist painters →
influencedBy	color theory → optical mixing principles →
location	Art Institute of Chicago →
medium	oil on canvas →
movement	Neo‑Impressionism →
museum	Art Institute of Chicago →
notableWorkOf	Georges Seurat →
originalLanguage	French →
period	late 19th century →
setting	Île de la Grande Jatte, Seine, near Paris →
significantEvent	major work of Neo‑Impressionism →
subjectMatter	leisure activities of the Parisian bourgeoisie →
technique	divisionism → pointillism →
title	A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 → Un dimanche après‑midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte →
width	308 cm →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Île de la Grande Jatte (""A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"") → Île de la Grande Jatte (""La Grande Jatte" (various studies by Georges Seurat)") →	hasArtworkDepiction
Georges Seurat ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte") → Georges Seurat ("Gray Weather, Grande Jatte") →	notableWork
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 → A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 ("Un dimanche après‑midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte") →	title
Post-Impressionism ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte") →	hasKeyWork
Neo-Impressionism ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte") →	majorWork
Salon des Indépendants ("Un dimanche après-midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte") →	notableWorkExhibited
Art Institute of Chicago →	notableWorkInCollection
The Models ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte") →	relatedWork