George Seurat
by Karen Buckley
1. Paintings
1.1. 1886 Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte
1.2. 1888 The Siene at La Grande Jatte
1.3. 1889 The Eiffel Tower
2. Post Impressionist Artists
2.1. Paul Cezanne 1839-1906
2.2. Paul Gaugin 1848-1903
2.3. Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890
2.4. Henri Rousseau 1844-1910
3. Pointillist Artists
3.1. Paul Signac 1863-1935
3.2. Henri Edmond Cross 1856-1910
3.3. Camille Pissarro 1830-1903
4. Biography
4.1. Born December 2nd 1859
4.2. Born in Paris
4.3. Studied art with sculptor Justin Lequin
4.4. Spent year in Brest Military Service
4.5. Returned to Paris 1880
4.6. 1880-1882 studied Black & White Drawing
4.7. 1883 First painting Bathers at Asnieres rejected by Paris Salon
4.8. Died 1891
5. Pointillism
5.1. met artist Paul Signac
5.2. told Signac of style of Pointillism
5.3. Signac began painting in same fashion
5.4. style of painting involving dots of paint not brushstrokes
5.5. 1884-1886 first pointillist painting Sunday afternoon at the island of La Grande Jatte