PUNTILLISM

DEFINITION

Pointillism is a pictorial technique that consists of representing the application of points that, when viewed from a certain distance, make up well defined figures and landscapes. In the paintings all the colors are pure and never mix with each other but it is the eye of the spectator who does it.

It appears for the first time in 1886 because the painter Georges Seurat

Each of the points that make up the work have a similar size, so that the viewer can´t fail.

Despite the fact that pointillism is considered as the continuation of Impressionism.

The pointillist production center was France, where Seurat and Signac.

Georges Seurat

George Seurat (1859-1891) is considered the initiator of pointillism. Despite his short life, he has become part of the history of universal art with his works based on the rationalization of the emotions, scenes and colors.

Paul Signac

The other follower of this technique of pointillism was Paul Signac (1863-1935) He lives in Paris.