When we think of smartphones, we credit engineers, coders, and modern tech companies. But few realize that the foundation of our digital screens can be traced back to a 19th-century French painting.
🎨 Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte wasn’t painted with brushstrokes like his peers. Instead, he pioneered Pointillism—using tiny dots of color, relying on our eyes to blend them into vibrant images.
That same principle powers every smartphone screen today. Millions of red, green, and blue dots (pixels) combine to create the visuals we take for granted.
But the story runs deeper. Seurat was influenced by chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul, who discovered how colors appear more vivid when placed beside their complements. His work gave us the color wheel, still used by designers and creators worldwide.
✨This chain reaction—science inspiring art, art shaping perception, and perception fueling technology—reveals how interconnected innovation truly is.
The smartphone in your hand is not just a product of modern engineering. It’s the outcome of centuries of art, science, and human imagination working together.
