Georges Seurat

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Georges Seurat (1859–1891) was born in Paris, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and died in Paris when he was only 31.

He invented a way of painting with tiny touches of pure colour that blend in the viewer's eye, and his huge A Sunday on La Grande Jatte launched Neo-Impressionism.

He worked on La Grande Jatte for about two years, making many drawings and small painted sketches before he painted the final canvas.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat, 1884–86