George Seurat (pointillism) 1859-1891

Seurat was a french artist that lived in the 1800's.  He was the inventor of a painting style called pointillism.  in pointillism the artist tries to present the picture not trough brush strokes, but rather by placing dots of pure colour close to each other.  Seen from a distance, the colours blend in the viewers eye creating a fuller range of tones.    Televisions and computer monitors use a similar technique to represent image colors using red, green and blue (RGB) colours.

Seurat's la parade de crique, showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism.

pictures from class 7-12 year olds '08