A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

About A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Created using pointillism, millions of tiny dots of color. The painting contains 48 people, 8 boats, and 3 dogs. Seurat made over 60 preparatory studies. At over 2 x 3 meters, the scale is monumental for a scene of leisure. The technique took two years of meticulous work. Colors mix optically in the viewers eye.