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Georges Seurat
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“..the flag is green with a red spot in the center; above, the blue of the sky, the orange-tinted white of the walls, and the orange-grey of the clouds.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: short notation, 1881: from 'Notes inedites de Seurat sur Delacroix', in 'Bulletin de la Vie Artistique', April 1922; as quoted by John Rewald, in Georges Seurat', a monograph; Wittenborn and Compagny, New York, 1943. p.…
“On Pissarro's advice I'm abandoning the emerald green..”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) first seen 1859 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Seurat's note in 1885; as quoted in the exhibition-text 'Georges Seurat, 1859 – 1891' in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, ed. Robert Herbert, published: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
“I have told him nothing [an art-journalist in Paris who wrote in 1887: 'Seurat sees his paternity of the theory Neo-Impressionism contested by misinformed critics and unscrupulous comrades'], but what I have always thought: the more of us [the Neo-Impressionists] there are, the less originality we will have, and the day when everyone this technique, it will no longer have any value and people will look for something new as is already happening.. .It is my right to think this and to say it, since I paint in this way [ Neo-Impressionistic ], only to find a new approach which is my own.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) first seen 1887 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote in 1887; as quoted in Seurat in Perspective, ed. Norma Broude, Englewood Cliffs, n. J., Prentice-Hall, 1978, p. 105
“Allow me to point out an inaccuracy in your biography of Signac, or rather, in order to set aside all doubt, allow me to specify..”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Félix Fénéon wrote that 'the new 'optical painting' seduced [c. 1885], - several young painters', but he named mainly Signac
“The purity of the spectral element being the keystone of my.. ..searching for an optical formula on this basis ever, since I held a brush 1876 - 1884.. ..having read Charles Blanc in school and therefore knowing Chevreul's laws and Eugene Delacroix's precepts, having read the studies by the same Charles Blanc on the same painter [= Delacroix]”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowing Corot's ideas on tone [copy of a private letter, October 28, 1875].. and Couture's precepts on the subtlety of tints (at the time of his exhibition), having been struck by the intuition of Monet and Pissarro.. .Rood having been brought to my attention in an article by w:Philippe Gille, Figaro 1881, 3.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I insist on establishing the following dates indicating my prior paternity, [and the discussions that I held] 1884, 'Grande Jatte' study, exhibition of the Independants 1884-1885, 'Grande Jatte' composition 1885, studies at the 'Grande Jatte' and at Grandcamp; I took up again the 'Grande Jatte' composition October 1886. 4 October [18]85 I make Pissarro's acquaintance at Durand-Ruel's. 1886, January or February, a small canvas by Pissarro, divided and pure color, at Clozet's, the dealer on the Rue de Chateaudun.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Signac, definitively won over and who had just modified the paintings 'The Milliner', [1885] and 'Appreteuse et garnisseuse Modes' [exhibited in May 1886], Rue de Caire, p. 174J, following my technique at the same time as I was finishing the 'Jatte'.. .You'll agree that there's a nuance here and that if I was unknown in [18]85 [ Félix Fénéon did not mention Seurat in his article as leader / initiator of Neo-Impressionism|Neo-Impressionism I nonetheless existed, I and my vision that you have described in an impersonal fashion so superbly, aside from one or two insignificant details.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: version B of the 'Letter to Félix Fénéon', June 1890
“Rood was in my possession the day after the appearance of Philippe Gille's book review, published by 'Le Figaro', 1881 (change of palette). I abandon earth colors from [18]82 to 1884. On Pissarro's advice I stop using emerald green (1885)”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Rood etait en ma possession le lendemain du jour oil paru la revue biblio graphique de Philippe Gille, collection du Figaro 1881 [changement de palette]. J'abandonne les terres en 82 a 1884. Sur le conseil de Pissarro …
“I knew van Gogh less intimately. I spoke to him for the first time in 1887 in a popular eatery near 'La Fourche', Avenue de Clichy, [Paris], (closed). A huge windowed room was decorated with his canvases. He exhibited at the 'Independants', [Paris] in 1888, 1889, 1890..”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Signac told me of his death this way: 'He Vincent van Gogh gave himself a bullet in the ribs; it passed through his body and lodged in his groin. He walked for two kilometers, losing all his blood, and went on to die in his inn'.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here are the titles of my large canvases: 'Bathing Place' (Asnieres) 2 meters / 3 meters, exh. Independants (group) May 15, 1884. New York studies for 'A Sunday on the Grande Jatte'. Independants (Society) December 1884 'A Sunday on the Grande Jatte'. 1884, 3 meters / 2 meters. Independants August 1886.. ..studies at 'the Grande Jatte' and at Honfleur at Grandchamp, Independants in 1887..”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In conclusion I am going to give you the aesthetic and technical note that concludes Mr. Christophe's piece and which originated with me; I am modifying it a little, not having been well understood by the printer.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aesthetic: Art is Harmony. Harmony is the analogy of opposites, the analogy of similarities of tone, of tint, of line taking account of a dominant and under the influence of the lighting, in combinations that are gay calm or sad.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Opposites are: for tone, a more luminous/lighter one for a darker one. for tint, the complementaries, that is, a certain red opposed to its complementary, etc. Red — Green Orange — Blue Yellow — Violet for line, those making a right angle.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gaiety of tone is the luminous dominant, of tint, the warm dominant, of line, lines above the horizontal Calmness of tone is the equality of dark and light; of tint, of warm and cool, and the horizontal for line. Sadness of tone is the dark dominant; of tint, the cool dominant, and of line, downward directions.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The frame [is no longer as in the beginning version] is in a harmony opposed to those of the tones, tints, and lines of the [motif of the] picture.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They [the visitors in his studio, praising his work] see poetry in what I have done. No, I apply my method and that is all there is to it.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted in Post-Impressionism, From Van Gogh to Gauguin, John Rewald, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1956, p. 86
“I painted like that because I wanted to get through to something new - a kind of painting that was my own.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote from Seurat, John Russell; Thames & Hudson, London 1965
“The art of painting is the Art of hollowing out a canvas.”
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from an essay by Roger Fry, in 'The Dial', Camden, New Jersey, September 1926