Georges Seurat: Tone

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

Georges Seurat: 40 quotes0 likes

“The means of expression is the optical mixture of tones, of tints (of local color and the illuminating color: sun, oil lamp, gas, etc.), that is, of the lights and of their reactions (shadows) following the laws of contrast, of gradation, of irradiation.”

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

“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

“Knowing Corot's ideas on tone [copy of a private letter, October 28, 1875].. and Couture's precepts on the subtlety of tints (at the time of his exhibition), having been struck by the intuition of Monet and Pissarro... Rood having been brought to my attention in an article by w:Philippe Gille, Figaro 1881, 3.”

Quotes, 1881 - 1890, Letter to Félix Fénéon', June 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