| Portrait of Georges Seurat Date and photographer unknown |
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Georges Seurat was born in 1859 in Paris and, but for a few brief interruptions, was to spend the whole of his short life in the French capital. At the age of 18 he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, where for two years he was instructed by Henri Lehmann, himself a disciple of Ingres. Seurat then went on in short order to develop his own characteristic painting technique, featuring densely applied individual dots of colour. His great work, 'Un Dimanche à la Grande Jatte' (A Sunday on La Grande Jatte), which was first publicly exhibited in 1886, saw the young artist immediately crowned chief of a new avant-garde. In 1891, Seurat's untimely death at the age of 31 from complications arising from an extremely infectious strain of diphtheria tore him away from a busy and productive life as an exhibiting artist.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, CH-8001 Zurich, www.kunsthaus.ch
Opening hours
Sat, Sun, Tues 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wed, Thurs, Fri 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,
closed on Mondays.
Christmas: 24 and 26 December 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed 25 December.
New Year's Eve & Day: 31 December, 1 and 2 January 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission
including audioguide (English/German/French): CHF 18 / concessions CHF 12, CHF 14 per head for groups of 20 or more. (Subject to change.)
Advance sales/directions
Switzerland: RailAway/SBB Kombi-Ticket, with 20% reduction on travel and entrance to the exhibition, at SBB stations and by phoning Rail Service: 0900 300 300 (CHF 1.19 per min.). Magasins Fnac, tel. +33 1 4157 3212, www.fnac.ch.
France: Magasins Fnac, Carrefour, tel. 0892 684 694 (EUR 0.34 per min.), www.fnac.com.
Belgium: Magasins Fnac, tel. 0 900 00 600 (EUR 0.45 per min.), www.fnac.be.
Hotels and accommodation & food and drink
Zürich Tourismus, www.zuerich.com.
Kunsthausrestaurant, www.kunsthausrestaurant.ch
Map and directions
www.kunsthaus.ch/en/information/directions/
Groups are asked to note the information at 'Art Education'.
Opening hours
Sat, Sun, Tues 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wed, Thurs, Fri 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,
closed on Mondays.
Christmas: 24 and 26 December 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed 25 December.
New Year's Eve & Day: 31 December, 1 and 2 January 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission
including audioguide (English/German/French): CHF 18 / concessions CHF 12, CHF 14 per head for groups of 20 or more. (Subject to change.)
Advance sales/directions
Switzerland: RailAway/SBB Kombi-Ticket, with 20% reduction on travel and entrance to the exhibition, at SBB stations and by phoning Rail Service: 0900 300 300 (CHF 1.19 per min.). Magasins Fnac, tel. +33 1 4157 3212, www.fnac.ch.
France: Magasins Fnac, Carrefour, tel. 0892 684 694 (EUR 0.34 per min.), www.fnac.com.
Belgium: Magasins Fnac, tel. 0 900 00 600 (EUR 0.45 per min.), www.fnac.be.
Hotels and accommodation & food and drink
Zürich Tourismus, www.zuerich.com.
Kunsthausrestaurant, www.kunsthausrestaurant.ch
Map and directions
www.kunsthaus.ch/en/information/directions/
Groups are asked to note the information at 'Art Education'.