Georges Seurat was a French post-impressionist painter born in 1859 who developed the style of pointillism. He studied color theories and spent his career moving away from impressionism towards a more structured technique using science and dots of color. His most famous work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte from 1886, currently located at the Art Institute of Chicago, was his breakthrough piece that established his pointillist style which uses dots of paint that blend together in the viewer's eye. Seurat's innovative technique changed the course of impressionism and made him one of the most important post-impressionist artists.

1. Georges SeuratPointillism By Brandon St. Lucia&Liz Magallanes

2. Georges SeuratBiographyBorn on December 2, 1859 in Paris, FranceSpent his life studying color theories and different liner structuresSeurat didn’t mix his colors yet he still painted with tones that brought his paintings to lifeDeveloped style known as pointillism

3. Self PortraitSeurat started his career as an impressionist artist. As he grew as an artist he found impressionism to be boring and dull. He moved away from the apparent naturalness of impressionism and developed a structure, for more epic art to depict modern and urban life. He is considered one of the most important post-impressionist painters.

4. What is Pointillism?Pointillism a style of the late 19th century based upon some Impressionist techniques and the application of scientific theories of the process of vision; begun by Seurat, who gave it the name Divisionism, it consists of using dots of unmixed color side by side so that the viewer’s eye may mix them into the appropriate intermediate color. Also called Neo-Impressionism. — Pointillist,n. — Pointillistic,adj.The concept of pointillism is to create a solid space by using dots of two or more colors in an area. The colors mix from a distance, creating a new color.

5. Understanding PointillismThe Color Wheel of Pointillism

6. Created through Optical Blending

7. Placement of dots is necessary to create new hues

8. Makes paintings look textured, but really it is hundreds of tiny dots

9. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte 1886Painted: 1886This is the most famous piece of art recognized as Pointillism. Current Location: Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

10. Seine Grande JatteDate: 1888Medium: oil on canvasDimensions: 26 x 32 inches Location: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

11. La Tour Eiffel Date: 1889

12. Medium: Oil on canvas