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Georges Seurat


Georges Seurat Was born in Paris in 1859 and died in 1891 at the age of 31. Best known for his painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, he was also known for developing the techniques of chromoluminarism and pointillism. The movements that he was involved in were Post-Impressionism, neo-impressionism, and Pointillism - he was a very influential player in the impressionist movement. There are 60 sketched studies that Seurat did for the 10 foot wide Sunday Afternoon painting. He spent countless hours preparing for his work before he would start. He loved detail and was very mathematically minded. He died at such a young age of an unknown disease and his young son died only a short while later of the same disease. His pregnant was later gave birth to their second child who only lived for a short time before passing away as well. A very tragic story. What I learn from him is a good work ethic. He put in the time and study in order to produce masterpieces. In his short life he created work that was shown in the Salon, created new art techniques, exhibited in France and abroad, and was part of a movement that brought about the contemporary art movement.




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