Bridget Riley: Learning from Seurat

by Bridget Riley

The newest edition in the encyclopedic series documenting accomplished British abstract painter Bridget Riley s exceptional career, Learning from Seurat is a petite but informative publication exploring the early influence of historical artists on her work.

Accompanying Riley s show at the noted Courtauld Gallery, London (2015 16), the catalog focuses on her seminal encounter in 1959 with Georges Seurat s painting The Bridge at Courbevoie (1886 87). Riley gained a new understanding of color and tone from this painting, which subsequently led to her first major works of pure abstraction in the early 1960s.

Alongside full-color illustrations, the publication includes an introductory text by Courtauld curators Karen Serres and Barnaby Wright, an interview with the artist by critic Eric de Chassey, as well as two essays written by Riley that offer her insights on Seurat s importance to her own practice.

Genres: Art

80 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2015

About the author

Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE (born 24 April 1931 in Norwood, London) is an English painter who is one of the foremost exponents of Op art. She currently lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Early in her artistic career, Riley copied a pointillist painting by Seurat. It had a profound effect on her thinking and work and this book details how, as well as cataloguing works from a small exhibition that brings together the original, Riley's copy and a number of her later works. Fans of Op Art should like this a lot.