Georges Seurat was a French post-Impressionist painter born in 1859 in Paris, France. He is best known for developing the technique of pointillism and his most famous painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, which took him two years to complete using tiny dots of color. Seurat studied art in Paris and developed pointillism to produce greater luminosity and color brilliance in his works. He died of diphtheria in 1891 at the age of 31.

1. Georges Seurat
By: Cal

2. Young Seurat
He was born France 1859 December 2nd
Georges had one brother named Emile
He also had one sister named Marie-
Berthe

3. This is
Paris,
France
Seurat was
Born.

4. This is a picture
of George Seurat.

5. Seurat’s Painting
This painting is named A Sunday of
LaGrande Jatte
This painting took 2 ears to complete
(1884-1886)

6. Seurat’s Painting
Georges used pointillism to paint
this.
His Painting is 2.1 meters by 3.1
meters.

8. Pointillism
Pointillism is a technique of Neo-
Impressionist painting using tiny
dots of various pure colors, which
becomes blended to the viewer’s eyes.
It was developed by Seurat with the
aim of producing a greater degree of
luminosity and brilliance of color.

9. Seurat’s studies
Seurat studied at the official Paris
art school in 1878.
He affected himself majorly when he
went to this school to study. He also
influenced much more people with him.

10. Seurat’s sketches
Seurat had thirty-eight sketches
before painting his final painting.

13. This painting is called Bathers at Asnières

14. Seurat’s Death
Seurat died on March 29th 1891 in
Paris, France.
Seurat died from a throat infection
known as Diphtheria. However, we are
not 100% positive what caused
Seurat’s death. Even today.

15. This is an image of
Seurat’s grave.

16. A Quote From Seurat
“People say they see poetry in my
work.” “I only see science.”

17. Questions?
What color is the outline of the
paintings?
What color is the grass?
Do you think Seurat would do the same
type of painting today?