Visual arts

Kathleen Padua A2 2/27/2018 Georges Seurat Synopsis Born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France Died on March 29, 1891 in Paris, France Known as: Founder of Pointillism Post-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Youngest of three children Father is Chrysostome-Antoine Seurat a bailiff Mother is Ernestine Faivre from a prosperous family who produced several sculptors Father was retired with a small fortune by the time Seurat was born 1870, family relocated to Fontainebleau during th Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune rebellion During this time, Seurat took serious interest in art Encouraged by Paul Haumonte (his uncle), a textile dealer and amateur painter Early Training: Formal training began around 1875 when he entered the local municipal art school under the sculptor Justin Lequien

Kathleen Padua A2 3/19/2018 Winslow Homer Synopsis Born February 24, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died September 29, 1910 in Prouts Neck, Maine American painter from 19th-century Known to make watercolour a real media and not just a thing to test with Pieces usually with a theme of human struggle within an indifferent universe Early Life and Work Born into an old New England family Had a country childhood from age six when he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts Mother encouraged his artistic inclinations At 19, apprenticed to lithographic firm of John Bufford in Boston Works involved copying designs of other artists Then in a few years he was submitting his own drawings 1859, Homer moved from Boston to New York City to begin working as a freelance illustrator Traveled a lot