| Pointillism -- The Concept | | | | mingled together, it can be administered easily and |
| The term 'Pointillism' was first coined in the late | | | | conveniently. The oil can hold the dry pigments |
| 1880s. An unparalleled, innovative style of | | | | together. |
| Western Painting, in Pointillism, the legions of tiny | | | | Pointillism -- Exampleso Georges Seurat |
| colored dots engender the impression of many | | | | (1859-1891) -- A famous Neo-Impressionist and |
| other colors and their fusion. In effect, numerous | | | | Contemporary French painter. His famous Pointillist |
| colored dots are amalgamated to produce a | | | | works are: |
| blended looking image. | | | | -- A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La |
| The Correlations | | | | Grande Jatte (1884), Art Institute of Chicago, |
| A branch of Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism is | | | | USA ('The' defining Pointillist work) |
| equivalent to the four-colored CMYK process of | | | | -- The Forest at Pontaubert (1881-1882), |
| printing, where CMYK stands for: Cyan (blue), | | | | presently at The Metropolitan Museum Art, New |
| Magenta (red), Yellow, and Key (black). Besides | | | | York, USA |
| the 'color mixing' actuality, the appearance of | | | | -- Landscape (1882), presently at the Corporate |
| graphic phenomenon from divergent angels is also | | | | Art Collection, Reader's Digest Association |
| remarkable. Pointillist style of Western Painting is | | | | -- Ville-d' Avray, White Houses (1882), present at |
| literally the prospect of the viewers' eye and | | | | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UKo Paul Signac |
| mind. The viewers of a Pointillist artwork are | | | | (1863- 1935) - A French Neo-Impressionist painter, |
| expected to intermingle the color spots and blend | | | | who worked in association with Georges Seurat |
| them to view the figurative images. Pointillism is | | | | to develop Pointillism. His famous Pointillist |
| somewhat similar to Divisionism, another finer | | | | artworks are: |
| variation of art. | | | | -- Portrait of Félix Fénéon |
| The Details | | | | (1980), The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Pointillism is executed in oil colors, because of their | | | | City, USA |
| high viscosity (thickness). When oil paint is applied | | | | -- Breakfast (The Dining Room) (1886-87), |
| on the canvas, it neither bleeds nor runs, unlike | | | | presently at Rijkmuseum Kroller, Otterlo, the |
| most of other variety of colors, which may start | | | | Netherlands |
| running, thereby spoiling the work. In Pointillism, | | | | -- The Railway at Bois-Colombes (1886), present |
| which is all about paint's tenacity to adhere on the | | | | in Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK |
| canvass as dots, oil paints are the best way to | | | | -- Gas Tanks at Clichy (1886), present in the |
| go. Oil paint is procreated via mixing oil (preferably | | | | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australiao |
| linseed oil), with the pigments. These pigments are | | | | Henri-Edmond Cross (1856- 1910) - A French |
| typically minerals. When oil and pigments are | | | | Pointillist painter. |