Georges Seurat
1859–1891 · Post-Impressionism & Neo-Impressionism
Biography
Georges Seurat (1859–1891), a French painter, invented pointillism, building images out of tiny dots of pure colour. His short career, ended by illness at thirty-one, launched Neo-Impressionism.
From the artist’s life
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) founded Neo-Impressionism and its pointillist technique. He died at 31 after only about ten years of work, leaving a small but highly influential body of paintings.
From the page of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
