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1859 Paris, France - 1891 Paris, France. Known for: Neo impressionist painting-figure and landscape.
Parisian born, Georges Seurat was a late 19th-century modernist painter who was as interested in science as he was in painting. In many art history books, he is credited as being the innovator of... Read full biography
Parisian born, Georges Seurat was a late 19th-century modernist painter who was as interested in science as he was in painting. In many art history books, he is credited as being the innovator of Pointillism. However, his methods were complicated enough that Pointillism is only partially... Read full biography
Parisian born, Georges Seurat was a late 19th-century modernist painter who was as interested in science as he was in painting. In many art history books, he is credited as being the innovator of Pointillism. However, his methods were complicated enough that Pointillism is only partially descriptive of his accomplishments, and the more accurate description is "founder of the 19th-century French school of Neo-Impressionism. Using this technique, he created huge compositions with tiny, detached... Read full biography
Parisian born, Georges Seurat was a late 19th-century modernist painter who was as interested in science as he was in painting. In many art history books, he is credited as being the innovator of Pointillism. However, his methods were complicated enough that Pointillism is only partially descriptive of his accomplishments, and the more accurate description is "founder of the 19th-century French school of Neo-Impressionism. Using this technique, he created huge compositions with tiny, detached strokes of pure colour too small to be distinguished when looking at the entire work but making his paintings shimmer with brilliance." (WebMuseum). Gaining scientific knowledge, he experimented with styles and "developed a specific color wheel based... Read full biography
Parisian born, Georges Seurat was a late 19th-century modernist painter who was as interested in science as he was in painting. In many art history books, he is credited as being the innovator of Pointillism. However, his methods were complicated enough that Pointillism is only partially descriptive of his accomplishments, and the more accurate description is "founder of the 19th-century French school of Neo-Impressionism. Using this technique, he created huge compositions with tiny, detached strokes of pure colour too small to be distinguished when looking at the entire work but making his paintings shimmer with brilliance." (WebMuseum). Gaining scientific knowledge, he experimented with styles and "developed a specific color wheel based on the fragmentation of light and limited himself to the colors of the spectrum, working out careful compositions... Read full biography
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All MuseumsNeuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Newfields
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4196