Inspired by Pointillism

Painting, Girl with a hound, Maciej Urbaniak

Girl with a hound

Maciej Urbaniak

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm

$2,259

Painting, Only color I, Marta Duran

Only color I

Marta Duran

Painting - 50 x 50 cm

$2,033

Painting, Wine and butterfly, Maria Mikileva

Wine and butterfly

Maria Mikileva

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm

$2,146

Painting, Sepso, Levoy Exil

Sepso

Levoy Exil

Painting - 152 x 96 x 1 cm

$4,331

Painting, Forêt, Pascal Vilcollet

Forêt

Pascal Vilcollet

Painting - 65 x 54 x 3 cm

$3,614

Painting, Hésitation, Nadège Dauvergne

Hésitation

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm

$565

Painting, Dot, dot, dot, on blue., JP Malot

Dot, dot, dot, on blue.

JP Malot

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,016

Painting, Only color II, Marta Duran

Only color II

Marta Duran

Painting - 50 x 50 cm

$2,033

Painting, PapierBulle/NoName, Christophe Ruiz

PapierBulle/NoName

Christophe Ruiz

Painting - 116 x 90 x 3 cm

$1,016

Painting, Bouquet Printanier, Georges R. Quinio

Bouquet Printanier

Georges R. Quinio

Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm

$2,259

Painting, Coucher du Soleil, Georges R. Quinio

Coucher du Soleil

Georges R. Quinio

Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm

$2,259

Painting, Le Pêcheur sur la Rivière, Georges R. Quinio

Le Pêcheur sur la Rivière

Georges R. Quinio

Painting - 55 x 46 x 4 cm

$2,259

Painting, Canyon Mitsaya, Chantal Proulx

Canyon Mitsaya

Chantal Proulx

Painting - 102 x 152 x 4 cm

$2,625

Photography, Contemplum #012, Dani Garcia Sarabia

Contemplum #012

Dani Garcia Sarabia

Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.03 cm

$734

Photography, Contemplum #011, Dani Garcia Sarabia

Contemplum #011

Dani Garcia Sarabia

Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.03 cm

$734

Painting, Points Vert, Safia Wosth

Points Vert

Safia Wosth

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm

$565

Painting, 4 Ulivi, Antonino Puliafico

4 Ulivi

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 185 x 240 x 0.1 cm

$5,534

Painting, Dull Day Illuminated by Spring, Ewa Adams

Dull Day Illuminated by Spring

Ewa Adams

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm

$6,189

Painting, Summer Fields and Meadows, Ewa Adams

Summer Fields and Meadows

Ewa Adams

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm

$6,189

Painting, Without the shadow of a dream, Levoy Exil

Without the shadow of a dream

Levoy Exil

Painting - 76 x 102 x 1 cm

$2,488

Painting, Orientation, Jonathan Pradillon

Orientation

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting - 33 x 41.5 x 2 cm

$271

Painting, Electro, Âme Sauvage

Electro

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2.2 cm

$169

Print, The autumn of wild industrialization, Renato Manzoni

The autumn of wild industrialization

Renato Manzoni

Print - 100 x 70 x 2 cm

$6,776

Painting, PAYSAGE, Hiroki Yoshitake

PAYSAGE

Hiroki Yoshitake

Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm

$3,614

Painting, L'arbre bleu... (Souvenirs du sud), Olivier Messas

L'arbre bleu... (Souvenirs du sud)

Olivier Messas

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$3,049

Print, This is Pop Art, Roco Studio

This is Pop Art

Roco Studio

Print - 110 x 90 x 2 cm

$564

Painting, Magma, Gaëlle Wagner

Magma

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm

Sold

Painting, I want to go to this party, Gaëlle Wagner

I want to go to this party

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm

Sold

Inspired by Pointillism

Pointillism is a pictorial technique that gave birth to its artistic movement in painting. The method consisted of juxtaposing small dots or square of vibrant colours, rather than mixing colour pigments on a palette. Portraits, landscapes, and everyday life scenes would then come to life under the artist's multiple tiny brushstrokes. Though the technique existed since the 16th century, it is the French painter Georges Seurat who officialised it as a movement in the late nineteenth century.

Art critics first employed the term "pointillism" as a pejorative designation for this new pictorial method. The late 19th-century art world was characterised by conflicts between Academic Art and Impressionist artists, as the latter was trying to defy the established rules. The Ecole des Beaux Arts rejected the works of the pointillist painters, who were not responding to the precepts of the Academy. The pointillist painter Paul Signac then replaced the derogatory term of pointillism by theorising the technique under the name of “divisionism." Paul Signac's divisionism followed the guidelines of meticulous colour theory. The theory was based on the association of complementary colours to create light, contrast, and harmony. Artists resorted to the "chromatic circle" system and optical phenomena to depict sceneries, mixing blue with orange, red with green, yellow with purple... They performed the work of a magician, tricking the viewer's naked eye that the small dots were unified flat tints from a distance.

Georges Seurat's monumental canvas “A Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" was one of the first recognised pointillist painting. The painting was exhibited in 1886 at the final Impressionist exhibition and differentiated itself from Impressionist art. Artists such as Seurat, Paul Signac, Lucien and Camille Pissarro were fervent supporters of the practice, and created the “Society of Independent Artists." Influential art critics started rallying to the pointillist's cause. Felix Feneon was particularly important in spreading the movement to the general public. It was him who coined the term “neo-impressionism" for the first time in 1886, and wrote the pointillist's Manifesto titled From Eugene Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism. Neo-Impressionist painters operated a scientific systematisation of Impressionism and were against the flow of the contemporary movement of symbolism.

Pointillism remained a significant source of inspiration in Modern Art, and several Post-Impressionist masters drew inspiration from the pointillist movement, like Henri Matisse or Vincent Van Gogh. Today, contemporary artist such as Skoya Assemat-Tessandier are retaking the principles of this artistic practice to produces canvases of pointillist backgrounds, revealing elegant silhouettes. In this selection of paintings, drawings, and watercolours you'll discover artworks inspired by the soothing practice of pointillism.

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