Georges SeuratPointillism - 4th grade

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’!

What is Pointillism?Pointillism is a technique of painting in which a lot of tiny dots are combined to form a picture.

Close up view of ‘Eiffel Tower’‘Eiffel Tower’

The Circus, 1891 by Seurat. This is a close up of the rider’s leg.

An even closer view!

“Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, 1886This painting covers a wall, has 3,456,000 dots, and took two years to paint!