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Georges-Pierre Seurat

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

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    1. Georges-Pierre Seurat Presented by Mrs. Cowan

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. Georges-Pierre Seurat In 1884, he began painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It took him two years to finish.

    6. 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.

    7. Georges-Pierre Seurat He had two sons with a young model named Madeline Knobloch. He died March 29, 1891 at the age of 31.

    8. 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.

    9. 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.

    10. Seurat’s Art

    11. Seurat’s Art

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