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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...also generally recognized that Seurat's genius was only in small part attributable to his method, to the science of optics or of anything else. He was a "divisionist," to be sure, but he was first & foremost a great painter-a master of complex composition (the receding planes in La Grande Jatte are extraordinary) and an inspired colorist. He produced only seven large, major canvases, but his hundreds of drawings and oil sketches are rarities in themselves, and his calm vacation seascapes painted at Honfleur and Grandcamp are among the finest chapters in the painted literature of the ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Secrets of Seurat | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

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