Georges Seurat

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists

by Mike Venezia

Meet Artist Georges Seurat! Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the works of renowned artists, combining poignant anecdotes with important factual information for readers (Ages 8-9).This book presents the life and career of the nineteenth-century French Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat, best known for inventing the painting technique known as Pointillism.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography, Childrens, Picture Books, School, History

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and easy to read. Good story of Seurat, his paintings and where they are on display

[Amy Bodkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well done overview of the artist and his life for elementary aged kids and up!

[Handanbao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear, concise, humorous. Great for beginner art fans young and older.

[Laura Scherbing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book for 4th and 5th grade Art students!

[Catherine Woodman]

This series is okay--nothing really wrong with it, but the text is not engaging--the one thing you get is a look at the famous paintings, and since Seurat is so different from many painters, that is alot for him in particular. But I would get it out of the library rather than owning these--I wish I knew of a series on artists that was great.

[Tommy Novak]

This is a great way to introduce children to a famous artist and the art that made him so well known. Seurat invented Pointillism, a method of painting using only dots; much like pixels we see in computers. So as you can tell, there are a lot of real world connections within this book!

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists, Georges Seurat is another nice edition in this fantastic collection by Mike Venezia. These books are perfect for exposing elementary and junior high aged students to a large variety of artists and styles of art in a memorable way.

[Ashton · Rating 2 out of 5]

I put two stars because Ican't see the painting very well.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

venezia's take on "sunday afternoon" is classic

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and engaging book about an amazing artist.

[Twotwo]

ar 5.4