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Pointilism |
1885 Early 1900’s France |
Pointilism was borne of Impressionism and is usually considered a post-Impressionistic movement. In Pointilist art, the artist makes an image by using tiny dots of primary colored paint (red, yellow, blue) in order to create secondary colors (magenta, green, orange) in an image. This method is based on science. The dots that make up the image do not merge together completely and thus, create a glistening effect. This shimmering effect is evident in Georges Seurat’s (1859 - 1891), Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Seurat is considered to the pre-eminent artist of the Pointilist movement. |
