Seurat the Dot

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Seurat the Dot
Adapted From Presentations Created by Rock Ledge
Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI Original
Source http//www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade
_level_units.html
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Georges Seurat

• French painter
• Didnt talk to his friends while he was painting
• Took a break from art school to join the military
• On duty, he was inspired by the island of La
  Grande Jatte and the River Seine
• Died from meningitis when he was only 31

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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte, 1884
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• Very large painting 81 tall and 121 wide!
• Made up of painted dots, called Pointillism

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Pointilism Take a Closer Look
La Parade (1889) Pointillism
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