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    The document provides biographical information about three famous Frenchmen: Auguste Rodin, Christian Dior, and George Seurat. It notes that Rodin struggled in school but found comfort in drawing, and was rejected from art school three times before becoming famous for his realistic sculptures. It describes that Christian Dior owned an art gallery and began designing women's clothing, helping revive luxury fashion after WWII. Finally, it mentions that George Seurat developed his own style called pointillism using thousands of tiny dots after studying other artists like Monet.

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    The document provides biographical information about three famous Frenchmen: Auguste Rodin, Christian Dior, and George Seurat. It notes that Rodin struggled in school but found comfort in drawing, and was rejected from art school three times before becoming famous for his realistic sculptures. It describes that Christian Dior owned an art gallery and began designing women's clothing, helping revive luxury fashion after WWII. Finally, it mentions that George Seurat developed his own style called pointillism using thousands of tiny dots after studying other artists like Monet.

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    The document provides biographical information about three famous Frenchmen: Auguste Rodin, Christian Dior, and George Seurat. It notes that Rodin struggled in school but found comfort in drawing, and was rejected from art school three times before becoming famous for his realistic sculptures. It describes that Christian Dior owned an art gallery and began designing women's clothing, helping revive luxury fashion after WWII. Finally, it mentions that George Seurat developed his own style called pointillism using thousands of tiny dots after studying other artists like Monet.

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    Bell Ringer Question

    Name the top five famous Americans.


    Why do you consider them to be so famous?

    Famous
    Frenchmen
    Auguste Rodin, Christian
    Dior, and George Seurat

    Auguste Rodin

    Auguste Rodin
    Born November 12th, 1840
    Rodin was nearsighted
    and often struggled to
    learn in school.
    Drawing became his
    comfort
    Applied to an art school
    in France three separate
    times, and was rejected
    all three of them.

    Auguste Rodin
    His sculptures often
    controversial at the
    time for being too
    realistic
    His most famous
    sculpture was created
    in 1880.
    Died November 17th,
    1917

    Famous Artworks

    The Thinker

    You can wear black at


    any time. You can wear
    it at any age. You may
    wear it for almost any
    occasion; a 'little black
    dress' is essential to a
    woman's wardrobe.

    Christian Dior

    Christian Dior
    Born January, 21, 1905
    French citizen who
    owned an art gallery.
    He often sketched out
    designs for womens
    clothing, but was too
    busy with his gallery to
    pursue a career in
    fashion

    Christian Dior

    He began selling his fashion sketches to make


    money

    He became a designer under Robert Piuget

    Dior was known for taking women whose fashion


    had been restricted during WWII and making it
    luxurious again.

    From flat to poofy!

    Having just the vision's


    no solution, everything
    depends on execution
    Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the
    Park with George

    George Seurat
    Born September 2nd, 1859
    Had been in Art school,
    but decided to pursue his
    own artistic style
    Learned much off of the
    styles of Claude Monet
    and other artists of the
    time.

    George Seurat

    pointillism : painted
    using thousands of tiny
    dots

    Most Famous Artwork

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