Pointillism

Pointillism

The art of Georges Seurat

1859-1891

Georges Seurat was from France

Influenced by the Impressionist’s experimentation with color,

Postimpressionist painter Georges Seurat worked with new

techniques.

He developed a painting theory.He believed the eye could mix colors if small

dots were placed near each other.

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Seurat’s most famous painting is Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Over the past several decades, many scholars have

attempted to explain the meaning of this great painting.

For some, it shows the growing middle class at

leisure. Others think it shows social tensions between city dwellers of different social

classes, all of whom gather in the same public space but do

not interact.

• • Georges Seurat went

through a period when he used primary colors to see if the eye would mix them to make secondary colors.

• Did it work?

Draw a picture.

Work on one area at a time

Do not mix your colors on your pallet.

Student work

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