This Week: The Art Institute of Chicago

One of the most famous paintings in the world is certainly one of the stars of the museum.  A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat is an example of pointillism and it is a very large example indeed.  Pointillism is a style of painting in which small dots create the impression of other colors and the blending of colors.  Seurat worked on this piece for two years.  Artist Frederic Clay Bartlett bought this painting for $22,000 from one Seurat's students and later donated it to the Art Institute of Chicago.  The gallery in which the painting hangs is named after Bartlett's wife, Helen. 

Photoblog Postscript: bowl of jelly: monterey bay aquarium by zinkwazi