Georges Seurat 1859-1891 www.ibiblio.org/wm/aurth/seurat/ was born in Paris and at the age of 16yrs trained at Ecole des Beaux-Arls under Justin Lequien a scutptor and later with an artist called Ingres.
Seurat studied colour theories and developed a unique style of applyiung paint. His mose famous painting Bathers at Asnieres was rejected by the official Salon so he and several other artist founded the Societe des Artistes Independants and in 1886 his renouned Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte was centre piece. Picture downloaded from the Bridgeman Education Library
His private life he kept secret and it was after his death that his friends learned about his mistress Madeleine Knoblock who bore him a son who died 2 weeks after his father suddenly become ill and died of an infection.
Paul Signac 1863-1935 Also born in Paris and trained as an architect before persuing his lilfe as an artist at the age of 18yrs. In 1884 he met Claude Monet and Georges Seurat and became intrigued by Seurat theory of colours and became a devotee. Many of Signacs paintings were of the French coast and he loved to paint water. He experimented with various media and many pen and ink sketches with small dots. He ws president of the society des Artistes from 1908 until his death in 1935.Picture down loaded from the Bridgeman Education library
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