Skull and Bones: The Haunted Art of James Ensor Jul 19, 2009
In 1887, Georges Seurat contributed nothing less than A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, a tour de force of early modern art. Properly dazzled, a good number of the Twenty became converts to Seurat's pointillism. (Time.com)
Dance and Modern Art Jul 3, 2009
Works by Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat, Everett Shinn and August Macke ... For Degas and other notable painters such as Georges Seurat, Everett Shinn and August Macke, the lithe and fluid actions of dancers on-stage and off proved to be both visually and aesthetically intriguing and definitely worthy of recreating in art ... Georges Seurat s La Chahut. (Suite101.com)
Past Master: Stephen Sondheim May 9, 2009
Moving off-Broadway which he did with Sunday in the Park with George, his groundbreaking work on painter Georges Seurat proved something of a relief to Sondheim. "I remember being very exhilarated," he says. (Time.com)
One wee work leaves quite an impression Mar 16, 2009
" New pointillists, such as Georges Seurat, whose work was radical at the time, did not unsettle the critics as much as "the slightly daring nature of the nudes", she said. "Degas just wanted to show the world around him. " Many of the artist's compositions were completed from a memory bank, as opposed to the result of a sitting, she said. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rose Art Museum a reminder there are many hidden gems Feb 15, 2009
But many of the best art collections are tucked away in universities - at Williams College, for example, where you can find work by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper; and Tufts University, which has pieces by Henry Moore and John Singer Sargent; and Smith College, where you can see paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Seurat. The Davis Museum, at Wellesley College, is a beauty. (Boston Globe)
