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Two works of art   France is famous for its artist. Georges Pierre Seurat and Gustave Caillebotte are two of well-known French artists in the world. 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' is Seurat's the most famous work and 'Paris street; rainy day' is one of the Caillebotte's well-known work. There are two similarities and two differences between these pictures. There are two similarities between two works. Firstly, there are some common things between each artist. Seurat and Caillebotte were born Paris, France. They also belonged to the middle class. Their approaches to painting were different from others who lived in the same age. Though their works fit into the impressionism and neo-impressionism, they were more realistic artists than others. Seurat painted his work by scientific principle, especially pointillism to paint a picture by dotting various kinds of colors. Caillebotte drew his pictures as similar as photos. In addition, there are many likenesses on each painting. The main characters are the man and woman. Two artists drew them at the bottom of the left side of the paintings. They are also holding up an umbrella, too. Many other people appeared on each painting. The backgrounds where they painted were the spots in Paris. Seurat drew the island of la grande jatte and Caillebotte drew one of the streets in Paris. Though many things are in common on each painting, there are two big differences in their works, too. First of all, two paintings fit different style. Seurat is an artist of neo-impressionism. As neo-impressionists painted more organized to introduce scientific order, they did their works after careful thinking. However, Caillebotte is an artist of impressionism. As these artists catch the impression that the artists got at the moment, they drew the picture at the moment they saw. Atmospheres of each painting are different, too. Seurat's painting describes the cheerful moment of one Sunday afternoon. People wear clothes and dresses with various colors and seem to be happy and cheerful. Most of them are looking forward and it seems to enjoy the day under the sunshine. On the other hand, Caillebotte's painting describe one rainy day. A lot of achromatic colors are used and people are looking downward. These factors make the mood of the picture depressed and gloomy. Most people don't keep in mind about some information about artists, paintings and styles when they have a chance to enjoy masterpieces like 'Island of La Grande Jatte' and 'Paris street; rainy day'. If you combine these ideas when you go such places, you can be more enjoyable and pleasant than before.