UNDERSTANDING 

Pointillism Art

What was POINTILLISM?

This revolutionary painting technique used the science of optics when creating paintings. This was done by painting small but separate dots of unmixed colors side by side, which were placed in various patterns in order to form an image.

SCIENCE OF THE EYE

 Pointillism was one of the most scientific approaches that developed in relation to the production of art.

points of undiluted & unmixed color

When using the Pointillist technique, artists made use of dots of pure and unblended colors when creating their paintings.

prEcise technique

Pointillism artists rejected fluid and spontaneous strokes in favor of a more accurate and methodical way of painting.

POINTILLISM VS DIVISIONISM

The biggest difference between these two styles was seen in the final product:  Divisionists made use of bigger cube-like brushstrokes Pointillism artists characterized their composition with small, multicolored dots.

Paul Signac (1863 – 1935)

Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891)

Vincent van Gogh  (1853 – 1890)

Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903)

Théo van Rysselberghe (1862 – 1926)

Maximilien Luce (1858 – 1941)

Henri-Edmond Cross  (1856 – 1910)

Charles Angrand (1854 – 1926)

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