Georges Seurat

Georges Seurat was a pioneering French Post-Impressionist painter who developed the revolutionary technique known as Pointillism (or Divisionism), in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Rooted in his intensive study of color theory — particularly the works of Michel Eugène Chevreul and Ogden Rood — Seurat believed that placing complementary colors side by side would allow the viewer's eye to optically mix them, producing greater luminosity and vibrancy than traditional blended pigments. This scientific approach to painting set him apart from his Impressionist contemporaries and laid the groundwork for the Neo-Impressionist movement, which he co-founded alongside Paul Signac.