Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte | Free Coloring Page

Are you interested in providing your child with an introduction to the world of art? Art masterpiece coloring pages are a great way to start. Children are not only placed before a work of art, they are given an opportunity to interact with it. Given this opportunity, their relationship with a particular work will far out last the casual stroll by the work in a museum gallery.

Free Georges Seurat Coloring Page

Sunday Afternoon On the Island of La Grand Jatte (Excerpt) | Free Coloring Page

Want to learn more? Read about French modern artist Georges Seurat with this biography written specifically for kids, and then enjoy the suggested follow-up activities at the end of this article.

Hey Kids, Meet Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. His father Antoine Chrysostom Seurat was a native to Champagne, and his mother Ernestine Faivre was a Parisian. He also had a brother and a sister, Emile and Marie-Berthe. Georges first studied art by taking drawing lessons with sculptor Justin Lequiene and then continued his education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His first art studio was shared with two friends. Later he moved to a studio of his own...

Recommended Follow-Up Activities/Lessons

Sunday Afternoon On the Island of La Grand Jatte | Online Jigsaw Puzzle
Test your skills at solving an on-line La Grand Jatte jigsaw puzzle. Set it for one of several puzzle piece styles, or rotate the pieces for an even greater challenge.

Georges Seurat | Word Search Worksheet
Build your reading skills with this free printable word search worksheet. Read the biography and then search for the keywords (the most important facts) in the word search worksheet. If you would like to solve this worksheet in a more traditional way, the seven search words are provided on the Web site.

La Grand Jatte Memory Game
Solve a memory/concentration game with a Seurat theme. Find two squares that match and they become two squares of Seurat's La Grand Jatte painting. Find all ten matches and you win. An attempt counter is also provided at the bottom of the puzzle to encourage students to complete the puzzle as efficiently as possible.