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- NAME: Georges Seurat
- OCCUPATION: Painter
- BIRTH DATE: December 02, 1859
- DEATH DATE: March 29, 1891
- EDUCATION: École des Beaux-Arts
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
- PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
- AKA: Pierre-Georges Seurat
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French painter Georges Seurat founded Neo-Impressionism and the technique of tiny strokes of contrasting color, pointillism.
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French painter Georges Seurat, born 1859, founded Neo-Impressionism and the technique of tiny strokes of contrasting color, pointillism. He would use the new technique to create his masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in 1886. When looking at the art work as a whole, the viewer could not distinguish the tiny dots of pure color.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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