Seurat

Full Name of Artist (birthname)-Georges Pierre Seurat.

Born-December 2, 1859 in Rue de Bondy in Paris.

Died-march 29, 1891 at paris pe"re lachaise

Subject/genre- People of Paris and it's suburbs the people are usually singing or dancing.he almost always  paints girls no boys.

Art movement/period of artist- Pointillism.

Title of artwork- Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Year it was created- 1884-1886.  Medium- He used Conte crayons and dotted pure color and oil pastels.



Interesting facts about my artist: His painting Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was one of the first Pointillist works. He is a French artist. He said his colors are supposed to blend in a veiwer or persons eyes. Instead of using brushstrokes Seraut placed dots of pure color side by side.

Works Cited: Dutchting, Hajo. Seurat. New York: Taschen, 2000.

Friedman, Ann. "Seurat, Georges." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2011.