Man with a Hoe c. 1882

"Man with a Hoe" is an oil painting by Georges Seurat, created around 1882. The artwork depicts a man bent over in a field, working with a hoe. Seurat's use of pointillism, a technique of applying small dots of color, gives the painting a textured and almost shimmering quality. The subject matter, a solitary figure engaged in manual labor, suggests the artist's interest in portraying the lives of ordinary people, a theme that would become increasingly important in his later work.