Seurat and the Avant-Garde

by Paul Smith

Georges Seurat, one of the most popular and admired of post-Impressionist painters, has been the focus of much attention in recent years. This book by Paul Smith views the artist in a new context and explodes some of the myths that have grown up about him. Challenging the assumption that Seurat's work was scientific or that it expressed a serious commitment to anarchism, Smith instead traces the painters involvement with the various factions of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300070020
• ISBN13: 9780300070026
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 11.4"