Georges Seurat (1859-1891)

Before departing for Arles, Vincent van Gogh and his brother Théo visited Seurat’s studio to learn more about the Neo-Impressionist works, which were prominently featured in Seurat’s masterpiece, *A Sunday at Grande Jatte* (1884-86), during the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition. From the perspective of light and color, Seurat explored the partitioning of small dots of varying purity on the canvas to demonstrate the combination of forms on the retina at a certain distance.

Invited to join the Van Gogh Art Club, Seurat brought his female models to his southern studio, *L’Atelier du Midi*, to continue sculpting figures with small dots of color and patience, though he already had works such as *The Eiffel Tower* (1889) and *Le Bec de Hoc* (1885) hanging on the walls.