Georges-Pierre Seurat is considered to be the founder of the Neo-Impressionism movement, and is one of the most creative artists of modern art. He was born on December 2, 1859 from a wealthy French family. His father was a legal officer in La Villette, and his mother was a native Parisian from an upper middle class family. He also had two older siblings, a brother named Emile and a sister named Marie-Berthe.