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Friday
Sep152017

Georges Lemmen: From Pointillism to Art Nouveau

DateFriday, September 15, 2017 at 8:00AM

Georges Lemmen - Beach at Heist - 1891 - Oil on wood - 37.5 x 45.7 cm. - Musée d’Orsay, Paris (click photo for larger image)Belgian Neo-Impressionist painter Georges Lemmen was encouraged to take up art—being the son of an architect. He started studying at the school of drawing at Sint Joost-ten-Noode, but soon dropped out. At about age 20, Georges Lemmen started painting. He exhibited at several different galleries in Brussels and in Ghent. He then became involved with a group of artists who had converted to pointillism and the optical mixture of colors.

Inspired by his friendship with Georges Seurat, Lemmen began experimenting with Divisionism and adopted a Pointillist style. After 1891, under the influence of his fellow countryman Henri Van de Velde, Lemmen’s paintings showed an Art Nouveau stylization of which the Beach at Heist (below) is a remarkable example. Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative art style characterized by intricate patterns of curving lines. One can see such curves in the work featured here.

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