Georges Seurat Prints and Where to See Him in the UK

Black and white photograph of Georges Seurat with curly dark hair and a full beard, in a checked jacket and patterned tie — Georges Seurat, 1888. Photographer unknown, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Framed by CoolCuration.

Last updated: 2 November 2026

Georges Seurat (1859 to 1891) was the French painter behind pointillism, who built pictures from tiny touches of pure colour and died at just 31. His first big painting, Bathers at Asnières, hangs in the National Gallery in London, which sells Georges Seurat prints of it from £25. His drawings now sell for six figures at auction.

Our take on Georges Seurat as an artist

Seurat packed a lot into ten years. He was not yet 25 when he finished Bathers at Asnières, a riverbank of resting men and boys with factory chimneys behind them. The Paris Salon rejected it, and it is now one of the best-known paintings in the National Gallery.

That painting is the Georges Seurat print on our editions page. The National Gallery calls its figures "neither engaging with each other nor with us", and that stillness is what makes it work on a wall at home. Prints of it come on paper or canvas at sizes up to 53 x 80cm.

If you can, see the real thing too. It is 3 metres wide, and up close you can see how carefully he built it.

Georges Seurat: the essentials

Born in Paris in 1859, according to the Musée d'Orsay.
Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, drawing from classical sculpture, before developing pointillism (National Gallery).
Painted Bathers at Asnières in 1884. The official Salon rejected it, so he showed it at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants instead. It measures 201 x 300cm (79.1 x 118.1in) and was bought for the National Gallery through the Courtauld Fund in 1924 (same source).
His partner Madeleine Knobloch, the mother of his two sons, modelled for Young Woman Powdering Herself, 1888 to 1890, now at The Courtauld.
Died in his Paris studio on 29 March 1891, aged 31, according to The Met.

Georges Seurat exhibitions: now on and recent

There is no Seurat exhibition on in the UK right now, but his paintings are on permanent view in London:

On view: National Gallery, London, Room 44: Bathers at Asnières, and Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp, 1885, on loan from Tate. Free.
On view: The Courtauld, London: Young Woman Powdering Herself.
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Seurat and the Sea, The Courtauld, London, 13 February to 17 May 2026. 26 works from five summers on the Channel coast.

Recent Georges Seurat auction results

His paintings almost never come to market, but his black Conté crayon drawings do, and they sell for six figures. Three recent lots, all at Christie's:

La Concierge (La Maquerelle, La Bonne), c.1884, Conté crayon, 32 x 24.8cm (12.6 x 9.8in). Sold for £457,200 against an estimate of £200,000 to £300,000 at Christie's London, March 2026.
Femme s'éloignant, c.1881, Conté crayon, 15.2 x 10.8cm (6 x 4.3in). Sold for US$127,000 against an estimate of US$150,000 to US$250,000 at Christie's New York, May 2026.
Fillette, fouet en main, c.1881 to 1883, Conté crayon, 15.4 x 10.4cm (6.1 x 4.1in). Sold for €53,760 at Christie's Paris, October 2026.

Prices include buyer's premium. Last checked: 2 November 2026.

Where to buy Georges Seurat prints

The Georges Seurat print we list is Bathers at Asnières from the National Gallery Shop. It is printed to order by King & McGaw on 300gsm fine art paper or stretched canvas, unframed or framed, from £25 for a small paper print to £195 for a large framed canvas. National Gallery members get 10% off.

These are reproductions, which is the only realistic way to own a Seurat. For reading, The Courtauld's Seurat and the Sea catalogue is £25 in its shop.

Georges Seurat FAQs

What is Georges Seurat famous for?

Pointillism: building a painting from small, separate touches of pure colour that mix in your eye rather than on the canvas. His best-known paintings include Bathers at Asnières and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.

Where can I see Seurat in London?

The National Gallery shows Bathers at Asnières in Room 44, free, and The Courtauld has Young Woman Powdering Herself.

Did Seurat paint a self-portrait?

Not one that survives. The Courtauld says a scan of Young Woman Powdering Herself found that the vase in the top left was first painted as a reflection of Seurat at work, which would have been his only self-portrait.

How much does a Georges Seurat cost?

His drawings sold at Christie's in 2026 for between €53,760 and £457,200. A National Gallery print of Bathers at Asnières starts at £25. This isn't investment advice.

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