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Lesson 36: Fishing in The Seine

by Georges-Pierre Seurat

Directions

Study the painting for one week.

Over the week:

• Look at the painting.
• Read the synopsis.
• Study the vocabulary words.
• Read about the artist.
• Practice reciting the names of the artist and the painting.
• Complete the enrichment activities.
• Study the review questions.

Synopsis

Georges Seurat's 'Fishing in the Seine' shows men fishing in the Seine river, which flows through Paris, the capital city of France. Four men fish from the shore, and two more fish from a boat.

Vocabulary

Pointillism: A technique of painting using tiny dots of colors, which blend in the viewer's eye.
Paris: The capital of France.
Seine: A river that flows through Paris, France.
Shore: The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.

Concepts

Georges-Pierre Seurat painted 'Fishing in the Seine.'

1. Georges Seurat was born in 1859, in Paris, France. See his picture below.

2. Find Seurat's country of birth on the map of Europe below.

3. Seurat pioneered the painting technique of pointillism. In pointillism, artists apply many small dots of color close together such that they blend together when viewed from a distance.
4. In 1891, Seurat died at the age of 31 of an unknown illness in Paris.

Enrichment

Activity 1: Can You Find It?

During the week, study the painting and find the following:

• Boats
• Seine
• Shore
• Water
• Fishermen
• Fishing Poles

Activity 2: Narrate the Painting

• After studying the painting, narrate the scene shown in the painting aloud using your own words.

Activity 3: Complete Vocabulary Activities

• While studying the vocabulary words, point them out in the painting.
• Define each of the vocabulary words in your own words.

Activity 4: Color the Painting   

• Click the crayon above, and complete page 45 of 'Kindergarten Art History Coloring Book.'

Activity 5: Act Out the Painting - Go Couch Fishing

• One day this week, color and cut out some fish.
• Make fishing poles out of pencils and some string.
• Pretend to go fishing over the side of your couch.
• One person tapes or ties the 'fish' to the end of the fishing line and pulls on the line.
• Others can then reel the fish in.

Review

Question 1

Who are the characters in the painting?

1 / 3

Answer 1

People fishing in boats and on the shore.

1 / 3

Question 2

What is the setting of the painting?

2 / 3

Answer 2

The river Seine.

2 / 3

Question 3

What do the people hold in their hands?

3 / 3

Answer 3

Fishing poles.

3 / 3

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1. Who are the characters in the painting? People fishing in boats and on the shore.
2. What is the setting of the painting? The river Seine.
3. What do the people hold in their hands? Fishing poles.

References

'Georges Seurat.' Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org. n.p.