Georges Seurat

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Georges Seurat Pointillism - 4th grade
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Georges Seurat (1859-1891) Georges Seurat was
French painter who founded a painting style
called POINTILLISM. He is famous for using
little dots of pure bright color to paint. When
viewed from a distance, the eye mixes the colors
together.
Seurat rhymes with dot!
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What is Pointillism?
Pointillism is a technique of painting in which a
lot of tiny dots are combined to form a picture.
Eiffel Tower
Close up view of Eiffel Tower
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The Circus, 1891 by Seurat. This is a close up
of the riders leg.
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An even closer view!
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte, 1886 This painting covers a wall, has
3,456,000 dots, and took two years to paint!