Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Georges-Pierre Seurat ( ; 2 December 1859 -- 29 March 1891 ) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman .
Simplified: Georges-Pierre Seurat , ( 2 December 1859 -- 29 March 1891 ) was a French Post-Impressionist painter .