Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Help?

Question:I need to know who the women in the front right is (with the umbrella) Also any info about the painting and its back round (i know seurat painted it) and if there are any other people in it that are actually real. i think the lady in the front right is his lover but i don't know her name.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I need to know who the women in the front right is (with the umbrella) Also any info about the painting and its back round (i know seurat painted it) and if there are any other people in it that are actually real. i think the lady in the front right is his lover but i don't know her name.

Seurat had a mistress named Madeline Knoblock. In Sondheim's musical "Sunday in the Park with George," the woman in front with the umbrella and the monkey is portrayed by his mistress in that story. The character is named "Dot"--probably as a joke to tie in with the painting style.

The woman in front is his mistress "Dot."

Seraut was a pointilist. Meaning, instead of brush strokes, he used tiny little points of paint, dots, if you will to make up the painting. When you stand far from it, you cannot tell, but when you are right upon it, you can see the different dots of paint.