The Forest at Pontaubert

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Artist: Georges Seurat
Date: 1881
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 1/8 x 24 5/8 in. (79.1 x 62.5 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #555118 · 41%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #746E28 · 15%

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Olive Ground · Yellow family · #888130 · 13%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #36300D · 8%

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Olive Ground · Yellow family · #191103 · 2%

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Pine Needle · Green family · #3C5C37 · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #9A9D83 · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #482217 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #878800 · <1%

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Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #B3C8C5 · <1%

Peach Bole · Orange family · #E67852 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Purchase, Gift of Raymonde Paul, in memory of her brother, C. Michael Paul, by exchange, 1985

8 tags

Landscapes Both · 99%

The title and museum catalog identify the work as a forest landscape, and the image visibly presents a wooded setting dominated by trees and foliage.
Flora Both · 99%

The catalog lists trees as a subject, and multiple trunks and masses of foliage are the principal visible forms.

Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Tree trunks, foliage, and ground cover fill nearly the entire composition, leaving little open space and producing an enclosed woodland view.
Earth Tones Visual · 96%

The image is dominated by olive, moss, yellow-green, ocher, and brown hues, alongside dark green and near-black accents.
Dotted Visual · 96%

The foliage and ground are built from numerous small, discrete flecks and short touches of paint that create a visibly granular surface.

Oil Painting Both · 99%

The museum identifies the work as oil on canvas, and the image visibly shows a painted canvas composition.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1881, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

French Art Metadata · 96%

The museum record identifies Seurat as French, supporting its classification within a French-art context.

Georges Seurat. The Forest at Pontaubert. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.