POINTILLISM

Jaime Ferrer and Porong Chavez

WHAT IS POINTILLISM?

Pointillism is a painting technique where small differently colored dots are

arranged in a pattern to form an image.
Developed in 1886 by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.
Branches from Impressionism.

OPTICAL MIXING

The illusion that pointillism uses.

When two colors next to each other are merged by our eyes
The whole is greater than the sum of
its parts

Instead of blending the paint, the

artist utilizes separate dots or strokes
of color.

Femmes au Puits
by Paul Signac, 1892

HISTORY OF POINTILLISM

Concept was created by Georges Seurat in the 1880s.

He painted A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in 1884-1886.
Although not the first artwork
practicing Pointillism, it is the most
well-known, exhibited at the eighth
annual and final Impressionist
exhibition in 1886.

Revolutionized Impressionism,
challenging well-known names back
then such as Renoir and Monet,
paving a new way for
Neoimpressionism.

FAMOUS POINTILLIST ARTISTS

Georges Seurat
Born on December 2, 1859.
Died March 29, 1891.
Was part of the Groupe des Artistes Independant,
whose focus was the advancement in theories in
relation to modern art.
Here he befriended Paul Signac, who also is a major
proponent in pointillism.

FAMOUS ARTWORKS OF SEURAT

La Parade de Cirque (1889)

View of Fort Samson, Grandcamp

1885

PAUL SIGNAC

11 November 1863 15 August 1935

Decided to pursue a career as a painter at the age of 18.
Supported Seurats pointillist technique
Most of his paintings are of the French Coast, for he liked to paint water.

Portrait of Paul Signac by Georges

Seurat, 1890, cont crayon.

FAMOUS ARTWORKS OF PAUL SIGNAC

Portrait of Flix Fnon, 1890
The Papal Palace, Avignon, oil on canvas,
1909

ARTWORKS BY OTHER NOTABLE PROPONENTS

Vincent van Gogh, Self Portrait,
1887, using pointillist technique.

Hero by Miguel Endara. made of a

0.2 mm nib, it is said to have 3.2
million dots.
Touch the Sun by Hungarian Artist
Sakura Chrno

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