1. George Seurat Born in Paris 1859-1891
Seurat was very detailed and obsessive
Studied Art – dropped out after 1.5 years
Developed new art technique – Pointilism
Died of diphtheria at 31 years old

2. Le Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

3. Le Grande Jatte Actual painting is 10 by 11 feet
There are almost 3.5 million dots of color
It took Seurat 2 years to paint
Seurat made 28 drawings, 28 panels and 3 canvases before Le Grande Jatte was finished
There are 48 people, 8 boats, 3 dogs, a monkey and a butterfly in the painting
This painting is displayed at the Chicago Museum of Art

4. Pointilism:
Painting Technique
that uses tiny dots
to form a picture.
Complimentary:
Two colors on
opposite sides of
the color wheel.

5. Pointilism Project Draw fruit or vegetable with pencil on 8X8 tagboard Use qtips and acrylic paint (red yellow and blue) to cover entire paper Mount on white paper and then black paper – add title and name