(1859-1891)

By Mariah Gines

Georges-Pierre Seurat

His Life Wealthy family Attended the Ecole des Beaux-

Arts (1878-1879) Military service in 1880 1883: Bathers at Asnieres Formed Societe des Artistes

Independants in 1884 1884-1886: Sunday Afternoon

on the Island of Grande Jatte Lived with Madeleine

Knobloch, had two sons Death uncertain: meningitis,

pneumonia, infectious angina, and/or diptheria?

Neo-Impressionism Also called pointillism Developed by Seurat

and Paul Signac in 1886

A painting technique where small, individual dots of pure color are made in patterns to create an image

Was ridiculed and mocked in it’s infancy

The Eiffel Tower (1889)

Bathers at Asnieres (1884)

A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande

Jatte (1886)

Marine (Port en Bessin)

River’s Edge (1883)