Seurat and Pointillism W1

‘A Sunday on the Grande Jatte’ by Georges Seurat, 1884

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Have a look at ‘Sunday on the Grande Jatte’ by Seurat. Have a careful look and then draw a line to the picture to show where each of the people, animals or objects are. The first one has been done for you.

A white dog with a brown A man playing a trumpet. A girl in an orange dress. head.

A man in a top hat sitting A monkey on a lead. against a tree.

A person in a boat holding A man and woman holding a parasol. their baby.

Two soldiers standing to A young woman holding a A pink butterfly. attention. bunch of flowers.

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A man playing a trumpet. A girl in an orange dress.

A man in a top hat sitting A monkey on a lead. against a tree.

A person in a boat holding a A man and woman holding parasol. their baby.

Two soldiers standing to A white dog with a brown A young woman holding a A pink butterfly. attention. head. bunch of flowers.

How many men How many women How many children Which of the characters in the painting is your favourite. Why? can you spot in the can you spot in the can you spot in the painting altogether? painting altogether? painting altogether?

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A man playing a trumpet. A girl in an orange dress.

A man in a top hat sitting A monkey on a lead. against a tree.

A person in a boat holding a A man and woman holding parasol. their baby.

Two soldiers standing to A man lurking in the trees. attention.

A woman knitting. A French flag.

A young woman holding a An fan lying on the ground. A pink butterfly. A white dog with a brown head. bunch of flowers.

How many How many How many How many Which of the characters in the Choose five adjectives to describe men can you women can you children can you parasols can you painting is your favourite. Why? this painting. spot in the spot in the spot in the spot in the painting painting painting painting altogether? altogether? altogether? altogether?

Georges Seurat Early life: Works: • Born on 2nd December 1859 in Paris, France. • Seurat created lots of different paintings and studies. • Came from a wealthy family. • His most famous painting is ‘A Sunday on the Grande Jatte’. This • Was interested in art from an early age. took him nearly two years to paint. • Went to art school in Paris when he was 17. • He wanted his art • Briefly joined the army. to show what life at the time was • Rented a flat after he left the army where he like. This was developed his style of painting and did art different to other studies. Pointillism: painters at the • Seurat developed a style of painting called Pointillism. time who painted quickly to capture • Pointillism used tiny dots of colour instead of brush strokes. a specific • Pointillism was a slow and methodical method of painting that moment. was different to the quick dabs of paints used by other artists at the time. Death and Legacy: The Salon: • Seurat was a quiet A Sunday on the Grande Jatte, 1886 • The Salon was the official art exhibition in Paris. and methodical man. • All artists wanted their work to be displayed at the Salon. • He wanted to leave his legacy to the art world which he did with ‘La Grande Jatte’ and his other paintings. • In 1883, Seurat tried to show his painting ‘Bathers at • He died in 1891 at the age of 31. Asnières’ at the Salon but they didn’t think it was good enough. • Seurat started displaying his work with other artists. They liked his new style. • Other artists started to use Seurat’s style of painting. Bathers at Asnières, 1884

Early life: Georges Seurat Georges Seurat was born on 2nd December 1859 in Works: Paris, France. He came from a wealthy family and was Seurat created many paintings and studies. By far his most famous work is interested in art from an early age. He went to the Ecole a large painting called ‘A Sunday on the Grande Jatte’. Unlike the des Beaux-Arts (the School of Fine Art) in 1876 when Impressionists, Seurat didn’t want to capture a fleeting moment he could he was 17 years old where he learnt about art and see but to show what life practised different techniques. After he left art school, was like at the time. If he went into the French Army for a short time. In 1882, you look closely, you he rented a small flat in a part of Paris where lots of will see that none of other artists lived. He spent a long time developing his the people are style of painting and doing studies. interacting with each Pointillism: other. Seurat was not Seurat attended art school at a time when the Impressionist movement was painting what he saw popular in France. Impressionist painters, like Monet, Manet, Renoir and but the people, Degas, wanted to capture moments quickly so they used quick brushstrokes animals and objects and dabs of colour. However, Seurat developed his own style of painting that would show which he called Divisionism but which later came to be called Pointillism. future generations Pointillism involves using tiny dots of unmixed colour to create colours and what a Sunday shading. It was much more slow and methodical than the painting style of afternoon was like. It the Impressionists. took him nearly two A Sunday on the Grande Jatte, 1886 The Salon: years to paint. The Salon was the official art exhibition in Paris at the time. All artists Death and Legacy: wanted their paintings to be displayed by the Salon but officials only chose Seurat was a quiet and secretive man. He was methodical and patient. He those they thought were worthy. In wanted to leave his legacy to the art world which he certainly did with ‘La 1883, Seurat submitted his first Grande Jatte’. However, his career was cut short when he died from an painting to the Salon. It was called illness on 29th March 1891. He was thirty-one years old. ‘Bathers at Asnières’ but the Salon rejected it. Seurat decided to display his paintings with a group of artists who had broken away from the established art world. Here, he met other artists who were impressed with his style and started to paint like him. This art movement became known as Neo-Impressionism. Bathers at Asnières, 1884

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Who was Seurat? Georges Seurat When and where did he live?

What was his style of painting like? How was his art different to the art of other artists at the time?

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