George Seurat Research Paper

“Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.” Georges Seurat said that he loved science as much as he loved art, and he used science in his art work. French painter Georges Seurat, famous for his large scale paintings was also the creator of a new style of painting called pointillism.

Georges Pierre Seurat, born on December 2, 1859. Georges Seurat was born into a wealthy family is a famous artist and painter. His mother had mainly raised him, his brother, and his sister in his childhood because his father was always away for work as a customs official. He got his first ever art lessons from his uncle as a young child. He first got into art around 1875 and then later went on to go to schooling at Ecole Des Beaux-Arts. He took art and science very seriously and because of that he left that school because he didn’t like how they were teaching him and left. He entered a piece of work into an annual salon and got rejected. After being rejected he joined a group of other artists and entered more progressive exhibitions. In 1884 he was sent to the military to serve his time where even then he worked on his art and when he got back he had opened his own studio that he shared with Aman Jean. He got married to

Seurat's first influence was his uncle who also gave him his first art lessons in his early years. He then went on to schooling at Ecole Des Beaux-Arts and was influenced by his art teacher named Henri Lehmann. Seurat's large scale paintings influenced many painters such as Paul Signac and Vincent Van Gogh. Seurat's works inspired Steven Sondheim to write “Sunday in the Park With George”. Chevreul, a French Chemist, was a very main influence on Seurat and other artists. Chevreul discovered that two colors overlapping had an effect of a different color and that is the technique Seurat used. Seurat was very inspired by David Sutter who used mathematics and musicology in his