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Seurat used small dots of colour to depict this Sunday park scene beside the Seine.

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Your new ahaA Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte

Seurat's park scene, built from tiny dots of color, stands as a landmark of the Pointillist technique. Source: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ↗

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