Seurat, Georges, suh RAH, zhawrzh (1859-1891), a French artist, was one of the inventors and chief painters of a painting style called Pointillism (also called Divisionism or Neoimpressionism). In Pointillism, the painter tries to represent the activity of light and unify the picture by the interplay of colors. Instead of using brushstrokes, the painter places dots of pure color side by side. Seen from a distance, the colors are meant to blend in the viewer's eye.