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SEURAT 1859 ~ 1891
Georges Seurat is best known for his novel technique of painting in tiny dots of colour - the method known as 'pointillism', which he devised according to rigid scientific principles. A proud man,but extremely shy by nature, he spent most of his time reading books or painting in the isolation of studio. He was intensely secretive,jealously guarding his latest discoveries from even his closest friends.
Seurat was attracted by much the same subjects as his Impressionist contemporaries - seascapes, summer by the River Seine, the entertainers of the Parisian night-clubs. But instead of recording fleeting impressions, he imposed a sense of stillness and order on his world. Seurat's whole career was compressed into 12 years of patient activity. He died tragically young, probably from meningitis, at the age of 31.
Seurat was attracted by much the same subjects as his Impressionist contemporaries - seascapes, summer by the River Seine, the entertainers of the Parisian night-clubs. But instead of recording fleeting impressions, he imposed a sense of stillness and order on his world. Seurat's whole career was compressed into 12 years of patient activity. He died tragically young, probably from meningitis, at the age of 31.
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