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Georges Seurat: Quick Facts

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Born December 2, 1859 • Paris • France
Died March 29, 1891 (aged 31) • Paris • France
Notable Works “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884” • “Bathers at Asnières”
Movement / Style Neo-Impressionism • Post-Impressionism • divisionism • pointillism

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Portrait of French artist Georges Seurat with curly hair, full beard, and mustache, wearing a suit and looking slightly to the side.
Georges Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884
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Georges Seurat: Grandcamp, Evening
Painting by Georges Seurat showing a grassy cliff overlooking the sea at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy, with a sailboat in the distance and a sky filled with clouds.
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