Birth, December 2, 1859 Celebrate the birth of Georges Seurat (pronounced “suh-RAH”) and familiarize students with an interesting style of painting. Born in Paris, France, December 2, 1859, Seurat was one of the inventors of pointillism, a painting style that experiments with pure color and dots rather than brush strokes. In pointillist paintings, facial expression and detailed textures are not as important as capturing the intensity of color and the play of light. Seurat’......