Georges Seurat

Born in Paris, Georges Seurat was a quiet, somewhat reclusive artist known for developing the technique of pointillism, or "divisionism" if you're feeling fancy. This involved applying small, distinct dots of pure color to form an image, a painstaking process that resulted in surprisingly vibrant and luminous works. One could say he had an uncanny knack for making a whole lot out of a whole lotta little bits.

His most famous work, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," is practically a master class in patience and optical blending. It depicts Parisians enjoying a leisurely day, all rendered with an obsessive precision that suggests Seurat might have preferred his subjects to hold perfectly still for weeks on end.

Despite his revolutionary approach to color and form, Seurat had a rather short career, dying at the ripe old age of 31. One can only imagine the sheer number of dots he could have painted had he lived longer. Perhaps he would have moved on to creating entire murals using only glitter, or maybe even invented the pixel.