Drawings by Georges Seurat And Neo-Impressionist Artists

But while some Neo-impressionists such as Charles Angrand were enamoured with the method, others, like Paul Signac, preferred to work in watercolour. This said, a number of drawings here show that following his first meeting with Seurat, Signac also experimented with the highly specific monochrome technique.
Among the Neo-impressionists already mentioned, to whom may be added Henry Cross, Maximilien Luce and Theo Van Rysselberghe, the work of one artist, Ernest Laurent, stands out. He was a close friend of Seurat, and is best known for his portraits. He also adopted Seurat’s drawing technique – here we see the preparatory works for his painting, Scene on the Bank of a Stream which he presented at the 1884 Salon – and while he may not seem to be as strong a draughtsman as Seurat, Laurent nonetheless manages to convey on paper the effect of music on an attentive audience and to create images of great visual power.