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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Georges Seurat
Born: December 2, 1859
Died: March 29, 1891 (aged 31)
Bio: Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism.
Known for:
- Bathers at Asnières (1884)
- The Circus (1891)
- Young Woman Powdering Herself (1890)
- Circus Sideshow (1888)
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