Pointillism is a style of art using small dots of pure color that are applied in patterns to form an image. The French artist Georges Seurat founded the Pointillism movement in the 1880s, though critics later named it Pointillism. Seurat's most famous work, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, took two years to complete and contains over 3 million dots applied individually. The French artist Paul Signac was also prominent in the Pointillism style and known for his coastal scenes of the French coast.

1. Pointillism, just as it sounds, is
a style of art using only dots.
French Artist Georges Seurat,
the founder of this movement in
the 1880s, preferred the name
Divisionism.
It was the critics of this
movement that gave it the
name Pointillism.Georges Seurat
Pointillism

2. When viewed from a
distance, the eye
blends the dots, in a
process called optical
blending.
Even though no
orange paint was
used, red and yellow
create the effect.
The Eiffel Tower by Georges Seurat
Pointillism

3. Seurat
began as
a more
traditional
painter
and later
developed
Pointillism.
The Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat
Pointillism

4. Pointillism
required
so much
patience.
His most
famous
piece, took
two years!
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by Georges Seurat
Pointillism

5. Seurat
made over
3 million
dots on
this piece!
3,456,000
dots one
at a time!
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by Georges Seurat
Pointillism

6. ISMs There are not
many artists
who worked in
Pointillism.
But, French
artist Paul
Signac was
inspired by
Seurat.
The Green Sail by Paul Signac

7. ISMs
The Port at Sunset
by Paul Signac
Signac was
well known
for painting
the French
coast.

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So now you know about Pointillism in art.
But, if you want to know more, you can
research Realism, Surrealism,
Expressionism, Constructivism,
Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism,
Impressionism, Mannerism,
Modernism, Post-Modernism,
Neo-Expressionism, and
Romanticism. . . for starters..
Pointillism

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