Georges Seurat: Line

Georges Seurat was French painter. Explore interesting quotes on line.

Georges Seurat: 40 quotes0 likes

“Aesthetic:
Art is Harmony.
Harmony is the analogy of opposites, the analogy of similarities of tone, of tint, of line taking account of a dominant and under the influence of the lighting, in combinations that are gay calm or sad.”

Quotes, 1881 - 1890, Letter to Maurice Beaubourg', August 1890

“The frame [is no longer as in the beginning version] is in a harmony opposed to those of the tones, tints, and lines of the [motif of the] picture.”

Quotes, 1881 - 1890, Letter to Maurice Beaubourg', August 1890

“Gaiety of tone is the luminous dominant, of tint, the warm dominant, of line, lines above the horizontal
Calmness of tone is the equality of dark and light; of tint, of warm and cool, and the horizontal for line.
Sadness of tone is the dark dominant; of tint, the cool dominant, and of line, downward directions.”

Quotes, 1881 - 1890, Letter to Maurice Beaubourg', August 1890

“Opposites are:
for tone, a more luminous/lighter one for a darker one.
for tint, the complementaries, that is, a certain red opposed to its complementary, etc.
Red — Green
Orange — Blue
Yellow — Violet
for line, those making a right angle.”

Quotes, 1881 - 1890, Letter to Maurice Beaubourg', August 1890