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Georges Seurat

1859–1891 · Pointillism

Seurat believed your EYE could mix colors better than a brush ever could. So he never blended: he placed thousands of tiny pure dots side by side and let them fuse at a distance. One painting took him two years — dot by dot.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884
Bathers at Asnières
Bathers at Asnières, 1884

In this journey your brush only makes dots — and each color you pick splits into a shimmering pair, the way Seurat divided his colors. Step back (or squint) and watch them mix in your eye.

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A sunset sky made only of dotsA tree in a park on a bright daySomeone (or something) by the water
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