Explore the abstract of this artwork, Young Woman Powdering Herself (Seurat).
Young Woman Powdering Herself (French: Jeune femme se poudrant) is an oil on canvas painting executed between 1889–90, by the French painter Georges Seurat. The work, one of the leading examples of pontillism, depicts the artist's mistress Madeleine Knobloch. It is in the collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art and on display in the Gallery at Somerset House. The painting is now back on display at the Courtald.
Seurat kept his relationship with his artist's model Knobloch secret. His relationship to the sitter was concealed when it was exhibited in 1890.
Georges Seurat pontillism Somerset House oil on canvas Gallery Courtauld Institute of Art