A Sunday On La Grande Jatte

In Seurat’s painting, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, he does a fantastic job depicting people resting and relaxing in a park on an island. The families within the painting seem to be enjoying the scenery around them. One of the key aspects of the painting besides the color contrast is the river that is located on the island. The river is also known as the Seine River. From observing the painting by every detail visible, I can see that the painting was created during the older times because of the choice of clothing the artist gave his characters. There are dogs enjoying each other and playing at the park. I see strong beautiful trees within the park. Everything in the painting looks as if it was based off the post-impressionist period.
The painting itself is a form of complex structure that not every artist can achieve. In the year 1884 he began his project by applying multiple small horizontal brushstrokes of complementary colors. Later, he proceeded with adding small dots which were also in complementary colors. These said dots appear solid and radiant when seen from a distance. The technique described above is known as pointillism. This art form allowed Seurat’s painting to be more distinguishable as opposed to others. Looking back at majority of Seurat’s paintings, I can tell he went for a more intuitive approach; as did the Impressionists during their time. With Seurat being very precise and particular on how he wanted to portray his painting; his work succeeded in giving off a highly