This short but fun Powerpoint gives elementary school students a brief introduction to George Seurat and Pointillism.

1. George Seurat
This is a famous French artist from the
1800’s named George Seurat. He was a
famous painter. He took a LONG time
painting, and he painted in a suit! He had
to be very careful to make sure he didn’t
drip paint on himself!

2. La Grande Jatte
This is his most famous
painting, called “La
Grande Jatte”. Seurat
often painted rich
people enjoying life. He
used a style called
POINTILLISM. That means
he painted in little dots.
Let’s see a close up of
part of this painting.

3. This is a close up of the
woman’s head! See
how it’s made up of
dots of color?

4. Here’s another
close-up of a
painting using
pointillism. Close
up, you can see
the dots. But
they’re hard to
see from far
away!