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The people behind the art
1859 to 1891
Georges Seurat was a French painter (1859-1891). Their work is associated with pointillism; Neo-impressionism; Post-impressionism. Their recorded places of work include Brest; Gravelines; Honfleur; Le Crotoy; Paris; Port-en-Bessin-Huppain.
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Artist: Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat's Le Chahut shows a can-can performed on a music-hall stage, with musicians seen from behind in the foreground. The painting uses Pointillism, a technique of small dots or strokes of colour, to build a scene of rhythmic movement and artificial light.
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