Georges Pierre Seurat

Georges Pierre Seurat (French: Georges Pierre Seurat, December 2, 1859 - March 29, 1891) was a French Post-Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter. He is best known for his chromoluminarism (divisionism) and pointillism works that use color theory; he is also widely praised for his conté crayons (conté crayons, conté sticks or conté) pastels. On the one hand, his artistic creation style shows extreme and detailed perception, on the other hand, he shows his passion for abstract logic and his almost mathematically precise thinking. His masterpiece "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte" (French title: Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte, or translated as "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte") led to the emergence of Neo-Impressionism and changed the development direction of modern art; this work is also one of the most representative paintings of the late 19th century. He and Paul Signac are the main representatives of Pointillism.