Georges Seurat, Pointillist of Light;A Century After His Death, Paris Pays Tribute With a Dazzling Retrospective

The Washington Post | April 21, 1991| | Copyright

His traditionalist critics derided him for painting with "points and commas." Gauguin accused him of being a "a little green chemist who piles up tiny dots." But for other visionary painters, including van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse, the French neo-impressionist Georges Seurat cracked the mysterious code linking color and light and unlocked the gates leading into 20th-century modern art.

On the 100th anniversary of Seurat's death, the French government has decided to rectify the neglect of a native son who has long been revered more among art buffs in the United States than in his own ...

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