George Seurat's painting, Sunday on La Grande Jatte, has always been one of my favorite paintings, mostly because the musical Sunday in the Park with George is the first musical I remember seeing on Broadway (and it starred Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin, so I was off to a good start). The NY Times today has an article called How Seurat Worked Up to Sunday by Holland Cotter which discusses the painting and the artist.
"Seurat and the Making of 'La Grande Jatte' " is an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago through Sept. 19. Sadly I don't think I'll be traveling through there before then.
Posted by Emily at August 20, 2004 12:48 PM