Pointillism c. 1880-1900 Macy Fout
Georges Seurat Founder of Pointillism Started in Paris, France during the 19th century Georges Seurat was also the founder of the French school of Neo-Impresssionism. Leader in the neo-impressionist movement of the 19th century Spent his life studying color theories and the effects of different linear structures
Timeline Before Pointillism came Neo-Impressionism After Pointillism came Italian Divisionism
Pointillism The technique for portraying the play of light using tiny brushstrokes of contrasting colors. Uses small dots or strokes of contrasting color to create subtle changes in form. Most pointillism works of art are paintings. Led to influence Neo-Impressionism, Pop Art, and Chromoluminarism.
Artists Georges Seurat Paul Signac Vincent van Gogh Henri-Edmund Cross Charles Angrand Camille Pissarro
4 Characteristics Small brushstrokes Dots/Points Contrasting colors Play of light
Georges Seurat, 1884, France, La Grande Jette, oil, canvas
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, 1884-1886.
Vincent van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1887,
Paul Signac, Femmes au Puits, 1892,
The Eiffel Tower (1889) Fine Art Museum of San Francisco
View of Fort Samson, Grandcamp 1885 (130 Kb); Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 32 in; The Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Formerly Collection of Bernhard Koehler, Berlin
Georges Seurat Woman Powdering Herself 1889
The Pont Neuf, ca. 1912–14 Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854–1929) Watercolor and gouache on paper 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (250 x 190 cm) Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.681)
The Church at Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1884. The Walters Art Museum.
Signac, Paul - 1886 Portrait of Felix Feneon
Maximilien Luce, Morning, Interior, 1890, using pointillist technique.
Paul Signac, Sunday, 1888-1890