Georges Seurat

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Georges Seurat

• By
• Bethany Cherry

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Childhood

• Georges was born in 1859 in Paris, France
• In his youth, an amateur artist (who was a
  relative) introduced Seurat to painting
• In 1875 Seurat made friends with Edmond-Francois
  Aman-Jean at an art class

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Ecole des Beaux-Arts

• In 1878, both Seurat and Aman-Jean were enrolled
  into the Ecole-des Beaux art school
• They both joined an art class that was taught by
  Henri Lehmann
• It wasnt long though, before Seurat left the
  Ecole des Beaux-Arts

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Art in a Life

• One of Seurats most famous artworks was A Sunday
  Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
• In a lot of his paintings, Seurat used
  pointillism. And one example is A Sunday
  Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

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An End

• Seurat unexpectedly died of a sickness in 1891.
  He was only thirty-two years old
• And though he died so young, he influenced art
  and artists with the great style he created in
  just a short career
• Pointillism is a way of life, not
  a painting
• system.
• -Georges Seurat

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References

• Venezia, Mike. Georges Seurat. Danbury,
  Connecticut Childrens Press, 2002.
• Olgas Gallery. Georges Seurat. Olgas
  Gallery. (Last Updated 2005) http//www.abcgallery
  .com (Retrieved 6 April 2005)
• Art and Man, 1985