a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte is located at the art institute of chicago.
a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte is located at the art institute of chicago.
where is a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte located?
the art institute of chicago
in 1923, frederic bartlett was appointed trustee of the art institute of chicago. he and his second wife, helen birch bartlett, loaned their collection of french post-impressionist and modernist art to the museum. it was mrs. bartlett who had an interest in french and avant-garde artists and influenced her husband's collecting tastes. "sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte" was purchased on the advice of the art institute of chicago's curatorial staff in 1924.
a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte
a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte









































a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte () painted in 1884, is georges seurat's most famous work. it is a leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas. seurat's composition includes a number of parisians at a park on the banks of the river seine.









































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a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte