Georges Seurat By: Rebecca Emanuel

Biographical Information Born on December 2, 1859 Full name: Georges-Pierre Seurat Youngest of 3 children He was born into a very rich family in Paris. His father was a wealthy lawyer named Chrsostome-Antoine Seurat. His mother, Ernestine Faivre, came from a rich Parisian family. He died at the age of 31 in (meningitis)

Biographical Information 1870s-Took private drawing lessons from his uncle, Paul Haumonte, a painter Studied drawing under the sculptor Justin Lequien Studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Seurat left the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1879 to perform his military service in Brest. He founded Neo-Impressionism Created the principle of use of Pointalism

Influential Life Experiences He traveled with Edmond- Francois Aman-Jean to the island of La Grande Jatte. This island was the inspiration for many of his future works.

Influential life experiences Seurat found lots of inspiration during his military career; much of his inspiration came from the beaches and sea. He created many different paintings and drawings at this time.

Artist’s Art Movement Seurat has been noted as the founder of Neo- Impressionism. (Post Impressionism) Major example as an “artist as a scientist.” All his life he studied color and theories and the effects of where they should be placed for different effects. The Pointillism technique, in which small dots of color are grouped to make more colors than that were used, was adopted by his followers, the Neo-Impressionists.

Neo-Impressionism was the movement of applying separate colors to the surface so that the eye mixed the colors rather than the artist on his or her palette. It started in France and flourished from 1886 to Seurat caused the changing point from the Impressionism movement to Neo-Impressionism. He started using pointillism in his works to depict a new style of art. Many other artist followed and started using new ways that were not acceptable in the Impressionism Era. Artist Art Movement

Artist’s Art Movement Neo-Impressionism led into the Fauvism and Expressionism era. This movement changes color, light, and texture for a desired effect. Georges Seurat affected this movement because the pointillism technique was still used, and so was the blending of colors.

Artist’s Art Movement Locations where he worked: Seurat moved wherever he found inspiration. He worked in the war and on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Many of his works were completed in his personal studio. Other influential artists at this time: Paul Signac, Camille Pissarro, and Lucien Pissarro. His most famous art works are Bathers at Asnières and A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884 Oil On Canvas

Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 1885 Oil On Canvas

The Lighthouse at Honfleur 1886 Oil on Canvas

Le port de Gravelines Oil On Canvas 1890

Young Woman Powdering Herself 1890 Oil on Canvas

Oil on canvas 1891 The Circus

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