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Georges Seurat
Anderson Wey, Preston Boyce, Hannah Markle
About
• French painter/draftsman• Studied with Justin Lequiene
(sculptor)• Attended ecole des Beaux-
Arts (1878-1879)• Rjection led to Societe des
Artistes • Cause of death uncertain • Used pointilism - a style of
painting in which a picture is formed from small dots of color
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
• Relaxing in a park on an island (La Grande Jatte)
• Horizontal brush strokes and complementary colors
• Small dots to appear as solid forms (pixels, not vectors)
• Pointilism
The Circus
• Unfinished• Similar to Cheret,
accusation of plagiarism• Front section activity, back
section speculation• Intended to cause
happiness through action and color
• Pointilism• Lots of red, yellow, orange
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