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Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct dots of color create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending. The dots of color make an image when viewed from a further distance

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How was pointillism invented?

Pointillism (or divisionism or luminism) was invented by Georges Seurat in the 1880s in Paris. Georges Seurat studied the color theories of physicists like Michel-Eugene Chevreul, Edouard Rood and a few others.


What painting uses many small brush strokes to create an effect?

I suppose you mean pointillism.


What art movement is pointillism from?

Pointillism, which was an art technique created by Georges Seurat, occured during the Post-Impressionism art movement.


What are the characteristics of Pointillism?

The figures were not as detailed. The whole piece was completed in variously colored points, so pieces must be seen from a distance. Georges Seurat was the initiator.


When did pointillism began?

Pointillism started in Paris, France.Pointillism is a painting technique created by Georges Seurat (and to a lesser extent, by Paul Signac) in Paris in the 1880s. Seurat was born in Paris, and attended École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Seurat's best known work, Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte) was painted over a two-year period, beginning in 1884. While working on this large painting (approx 7' x 10'), Seurat frequently sat in the park on the Island of the Grande Jatte, which is located on the Seine River near at the gates of Paris. This was a popular place for the rising middle class of Parisians to spend their leisure time - to see and to be seen. Seurat and called his technique "divisionism" or simply "neo-impressionism"; the term "Pointillism" (like the term "Impressionism") was a derisive term invented by critics.