Georges-Pierre Seurat

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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• Presented by
• Mrs. Cowan

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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French painter
  and the founder of Neoimpressionism. He was born
  on December 2, 1859.

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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• Seurat studied art with Justin Lequien, a
  sculptor. He also attended the Ecole des
  Beaux-Arts from 1878-1879. He returned to Paris
  in 1880 and devoted himself to mastering black
  and white drawing. He spent 1883 on his first
  major painting, Bathing at Asnieres.

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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• In 1884, he helped form the Societe des
  Artistes Independants after his wprk was rejected
  by the Paris Salon. The Paris Salon was the
  official art exhibit of the Academie des
  Beaux-Arts. Seurat shared pointillism with his
  friend, Signac, who subsequently painted the same
  way.

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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• In 1884, he began painting Sunday Afternoon
  on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It took him
  two years to finish.

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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• George Seurat also spent his life studying
  color theories and the effects of the different
  linear structures. This is where he developed
  the use of pointillism in painting.

Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp (1885)
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Georges-Pierre Seurat

• He had two sons with a young model named
  Madeline Knobloch. He died March 29, 1891 at the
  age of 31.

Le Pont de Courbevoie (1886-1887)
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Neoimpressionism

• Neoimpressionism is a term coined by art
  critic Felix Feneon in 1887 to characterize the
  late 19th century art movement led by Seurat and
  Signac. Neoimpressionism is artwork that is
  similar to Impressionism. Neoimpressionistic
  painting included emphasis on light in its
  changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, and
  unusual visual angles.

Le Chahut (1889-1890)
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Pointillism

• Pointilllism is a style of painting in which
  small, distict points of primary colors create
  the impression of a wide selection of secondary
  colors. The technique relies on the perceptive
  ability of the eye and mind to mix the color
  spots into a fuller range of tones.

The Stone Breakers
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Seurats Art
Entrée du port de Honfleur (Entrance to the Port
of Honfleur)
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Seurats Art
The Circus Seurats final piece which remained
unfinished at his death in 1891.