Georges Seurat was an exceptional talent who sparked a revolutionary new painting technique and inspired an art movement. Seurat painted his landmark piece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte aged just twenty-five.
The focal point of Seurat's artistic career was the progression and maturation of the science behind color and subsequently art. Seurat's theories led him to develop Pointillism, which was a vibrantly different artistic style where paintings were comprised of tiny colorful dots.
Whilst Seurat's career went from strength to strength his private life was mostly marred by controversy. Seurat, who was from a wealthy background is said to have fathered two children by his mistress in seclusion away from his family. The prominent artist was rumored to have died in his studio from diphtheria.