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Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891) was a French painter an the founder of Neo-impressionism. His large work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, his most famous painting, altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of 19th century painting.

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  • (Alex reads from the Barnes Foundation.) In a large painting called "Models", this pointillist included a glimpse of his picture "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
  • In a large painting called "Models", this pointillist included a glimpse of his masterpiece "La Grande Jatte"
  • Last name of the Pointillist artist who died in 1891 at age 31
  • The creator of Pointillism, he preferred the term Divisionism for the technique

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