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PointillismMelissa Metzger

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What is Pointillism?

• Technique of painting.• To create a solid figure using tiny dots with 2

or more colors.• The colors from a distance mix to create a

new color.• Oil on canvas type paintings• Often seen as “brighter” or “purer” because

the eye mixes the color

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The Pointillism Color Wheel

• The primary colors• The secondary

colors.• All by the use of

Pointillism

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The Facts• Developed by Georges

Seurat in 1886• As well as his followers in

19th century France• Post-impressionist

movement

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Masters of Pointillism

• Georges Seurat, French 1859-1891 • Paul Signac, French 1863-1935 • Charles Angrand, French 1854-1926• Henri-Edmond Cross, French 1856-1910

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Paintings By Seurat

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’Banks at Seine’

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‘Figures Assises’

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'La Parade'

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‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’

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Pointillism Close Up

The paint dots on the canvas Above the dog

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‘The Circus’Seurat’s last major painting

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Sources

• http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Pointillism/

• http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/jatte.html

• http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/paintings-by-georges-seurat5.htm