Transcript Seurat Powerpoint - K

Georges Seurat
Pointillism - 4th grade
Georges Seurat
(1859-1891)
Georges Seurat was French painter who founded
a painting style called POINTILLISM.
He is famous for using little dots of pure bright
color to paint.
When viewed from a distance, the eye mixes the
colors together.
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‘Seurat’ rhymes with ‘dot’!
What is Pointillism?
Pointillism is a technique of
painting in which a lot of tiny
dots are combined to form a
picture.
‘Eiffel Tower’
Close up view of ‘Eiffel Tower’
The Circus, 1891 by Seurat.
This is a close up of the rider’s leg.
An even closer
view!
“Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, 1886
This painting covers a wall, has 3,456,000 dots, and took two
years to paint!