Although their subjects suggest carefree pleasure, there are undertones of social criticism in some Neo-Impressionist paintings. Introduction to Neo-Impressionism, Part II by Dr. Charles Cramer and Dr. Kim Grant
The Neo-Impressionist desire to conform art-making to universal laws of perception, color, and expression echoes throughout Modernism. Introduction to Neo-Impressionism, Part I by Dr. Charles Cramer and Dr. Kim Grant
Seurat sought to bring science to the methods of Impressionism with new, methodical approaches to color. Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte ... by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Seurat’s informal bathers are members of the working class—not the timeless bathers of history paintings. Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker