A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, c.1884/86 Georges Seurat (1859-1891)

Your A Sunday on La Grande Jatte Canvas Print is individually hand-made, using sophisticated digital technology. The process of Giclée print technology imparts to the Art Print a vivid clear color, an incredible level of detail, and the authentic charm as from a museum original. We add plexiglass only on the ordered framed art prints on paper. Framed artworks on canvas are exhibited without plexiglass or glass.

If you have chosen a Canvas Print of Georges Seurat without a frame, it would be ready to be sent to you within 48 hours. However, if you have chosen an art print stretched on a frame, then the process of printing and framing will take about 7-8 days.

Our art prints are offered in sizes that are exactly in proportion to the original paintings in the museum. You may enlarge or reduce the size of the painting by using the upper and lower purple arrows.

We add additional 1.2" (3cm) of blank canvas above the offered dimensions which will be used to stretch the canvas on a stretcher-bar.

The unframed print of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte will be shipped rolled up in a postal tube. The framed Canvas Print will travel packaged in a cardboard box with additional corner protectors.

Due to postal restrictions, we frame prints to a maximum length of 28" (71 cm). If you want your print to be printed out to a bigger size, then you will get it rolled up, and in order to frame it, you will have to use the services of your local framing studio. After adding the print to the shopping cart, in its screen, you can check the price of the shipping Estimate Shipping and Tax

A leisurely collection of figures occupies the verdant banks of the Seine, their stillness evoking a contemplative mood that transcends the bustle of modern life. Men, women, and children, drawn from various social backgrounds, position themselves in carefully observed, almost statuesque poses. The figures appear lost in thought or casual conversation, each one captured in a deliberate stance that hints at a timeless moment. The island of La Grande Jatte, just west of Paris, is thus transformed from a mere recreational spot into a stage where daily life is elevated to near-classical solemnity. Color becomes an instrument of order, and its systematic application fosters a harmonious effect that guides the gaze across the canvas. Seurat’s palette features bright greens and lilacs, punctuated by deep blacks of the elegant attire. Viewed at close range, these tones seem separated into minuscule dabs, but from a distance they resolve into coherent shapes. By pairing complementary hues—like the reds and greens dotting the foliage or the blues and oranges accenting the figures—Seurat achieves a balanced contrast that animates the otherwise tranquil scene. The addition of a vibrantly dotted border, composed of blue, orange, and red, enlivens the transition from the painting’s central motif to the crisp white frame. Employing what he termed a “scientific” approach, Seurat builds forms using a technique often called pointillism, where tiny spots of unmixed color interact in the viewer’s eye to create radiant fields of light. Initially layering small horizontal strokes across the canvas, he later developed these touches into myriad points, placed with rigorous intention. This method demands painstaking attention to the interplay of colors and the viewer’s perspective. The result is not merely a decorative surface effect but a carefully calibrated means of shaping form and depth. The figures become palpable, their outlines defined by the meeting points of contrasting dots, inviting a new way of perceiving the painted plane. Compositionally, the painting’s ensemble of figures unfolds in measured rhythms, each carefully spaced to accentuate their individuality. Yet the scene remains unified by the subtle gestures of arms and parasols, echoed across the canvas in a near frieze-like progression. That Seurat sought inspiration in ancient Egyptian and Greek sculpture is evident in the painting’s sense of poised permanence, a quality uncommon in depictions of contemporaneous leisure. In creating modern individuals who recall the grandeur of classical relief, Seurat infused this park tableau with a sense of universality that resonates beyond its late nineteenth-century moment.