Georges Seurat Biography

Georges Seurat biography

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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.