Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)

Black Conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board, 1884

About this work

Trees (study for La Grande Jatte) (1884) by Georges Seurat. Black Conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board.

Georges Seurat

Pioneer of Neo-Impressionism and Pointillism

Georges Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism. His masterpiece, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, is at the Art Institute of Chicago.