Where is Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?

Where does A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte take place?

Paris

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is both the best-known and largest painting Georges Seurat ever created on a canvas. It depicts people relaxing in a suburban park on an island in the Seine River called La Grande Jatte, a popular retreat for the middle and upper class of Paris in the 19th century.

WHAT DOES A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte meaning?

However art critics believe that it should be interpreted in comparison to its sister work Bathers at Asnieres. They believe that ‘La Jatte’ represents the French bourgeoisie, a decaying class that has fallen victim to lust and vice, and which is now in the shadows.

What time period is A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte In Context

Artist Georges Seurat
Date Painted 1884
Medium Oil on canvas
Genre Genre painting
Period / Movement Neo-Impressionism

Is the island of La Grande Jatte a real place?

The Île de la Jatte or Île de la Grande Jatte is an island in the river Seine, located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, and shared between the two communes of Neuilly-sur-Seine and Levallois.

How much is Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte worth?

$650 million

$650 million—Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte (1884)

Where is the Ferris Bueller painting?

The more he looks at it, there’s nothing there. He fears that the more you look at him, the less you see.” See more: John Hughes video explains ‘Ferris Bueller’ scene at Art Institute.



painting title: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
room: gallery, museum
room colors: white, brown
theme: genre scene