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    Who Is Georges Seurat?

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    Georges Seurat The creator of Pointillism was born December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. Seurat’s first introduction and art lesson were introduced by his uncle. In 1875 he began attending attending a local art school, and started his first formal art lessons under sculptor Justin Lequien. Then he started training under artist Henri Lehmann when he attended École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1878 to 1879. However, Seurat choose to leave the school and continue to study on his own. He was very influenced by Impressionist painters Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, and their way of representing light and atmosphere through their paintings. Another fascination Seurat had was the science behind art. Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors, written…

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    He was also a very experienced artists, since he joined several organizations, including the army. Maximilien Luce had a very interesting life, he was always shifting between the different types of art. Maximilien Luce may not have been very famous when he was alive, because of his anarchist beliefs, he became known after his death and his work was also praised by later artists. He had a very unique style of painting, it was inspired by many things, the largest being Seurat. Maximilien Luce…

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    Sculpture gallery on the second floor. There were many famous European paintings, which made me in a daze. I was attracted by several pictures at the beginning, but finally I chose Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.” Some of the things that caught my eyes about the painting was the peacefulness that I felt when I looked at the picture. Also I really liked the dress of everyone in the painting because it gave me that sense of higher class rich people. I really liked all the different…

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    This image depicts people engaged in the activities of everyday life. However, Seurat developed a new method of applying color theory called pointillism to this image. Color theory is the understanding of how colors can relate to each other, especially when they are mixed together or in close proximity to each other. Pointillism is a style of painting where short strokes or points of differing colors are used to form new colors. This image contains a revolutionized way of perception as well as…

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    George Seurat was a very talented famous artist in the post- impressionism movement. He was born in France on 2nd December 1859. He studied arts in The Ecole des beaux arts, which is the official school of arts in Paris. In such a school, he was trained by the artist Henri Lehmann. But, he left this school; as he got frustrated by the strict academic ways, and then started to learn on his own. He visited the 4th Impressionist Exhibition in 1879 and he got influenced by Camille Pissarro and…

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    In the late 1880s Georges Seurat and Paul Signac began a painting technique called pointillism. The technique relies the human brain’s ability to merge individual marks of color into bright smears and smudges—forming objects, conveying ideas, and narrating stories. From far away, each speck is part of something bigger than itself—a shadow, an umbrella, or a woman’s hat. Each speck of oil paint the pointillist marks onto his blank canvas is different in shade, texture, size, and purpose. Specks…

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    Museum Interview Essay

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    I was recently reading a post about the Barnes on The Art Law Report, and thought to follow-up with you. Although it has been a while since our correspondence about perhaps meeting, I am hoping you might have a few minutes sometime soon to chat. It has been a while since you last posting about the Barnes, but I want to share something with you. You see a decade ago when I was looking at grad school programs in Museum Studies, I chose which school based upon a number of factors, one being the…

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    The four painters I am choosing to discuss are: Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. Claude Monet was a famous French painter born on November 14, 1840(“Claude Monet”). His painting style centered more on light and form than realism, and was called impressionism. Monet showed an interest in drawing at an early age. He drew caricatures of his teachers. Eugene Boudin introduced him to painting outdoors which contributed greatly in Monet’s work. He was known…

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    very well known painting called A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, or A Sunday Afternoon for short, is a piece of artwork by Georges Seurat. Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. He was born into a wealthy family to his parents Antoine Chrysostome Seurat and Ernestine Faivre. He attended art school for several years until he got bored of the basic art and broke free from the traditional art of that time. He went to be considered the founding father of the Neo-Impressionist art…

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    yrus Defeats Spargapises The art institute of Chicago is home to thousands of priceless pieces of artwork that people from all around the world come travel to see. All cultures come together to critique these pieces of artwork. The best part of this experience is the fact that an opinion isn’t wrong, everyone sees something different in their own unique way. While most stop in sublime at La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, many people walk past it to get to the weapons section. Just a big…

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