Parade de cirque

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Parade de cirque is a late-19th-century painting by Georges Seurat that exemplifies his pointillist technique in depicting a nighttime circus sideshow scene.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artist Georges Seurat
artisticStyle Pointillism
city New York City
collection Metropolitan Museum of Art
colorCharacteristic artificial light effects
contrasting color dots
country United States
countryOfOrigin France
creator Georges Seurat
creatorBirthName Georges-Pierre Seurat
creatorNationality French
depictionLocation circus entrance
fairground
depicts circus sideshow
clown
crowd of spectators
musicians
nighttime scene
parade of circus performers
ringmaster
genre genre painting
night scene
hasPart figures illuminated by gaslight
flat decorative composition
frieze-like arrangement of figures
hasTechnique divisionism
pointillist technique
imageSubject performing arts
inception 1887
1888
influencedBy Impressionism
scientific color theory
lighting nocturnal artificial lighting
location Metropolitan Museum of Art
movement Neo-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
notableWorkOf Georges Seurat
originalLanguageTitle French
partOf late works of Georges Seurat
subjectMatter popular entertainment
urban leisure
theme crowd behavior
entertainment industry
modern life
spectacle
titleLanguage French

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Georges Seurat
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