Georges Seurat
French artist
Georges Pierre Seurat was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface. Wikipedia
Born: December 2, 1859, Paris, France
Died: March 29, 1891 (age 31 years), Paris, France
Periods: Pointillism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and more
Known for: Painting
Influenced: Paul Signac, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Gino Severini, and more
Parents: Ernestine Faivre and Antoine Chrysostome Seurat
Artworks
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