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Who invented Pointillism?
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The French painters Georges Seurat and Paul Signac invented Pointillism. The technique emerged from Impressionism, and like Impressionist painters Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, Seurat and Signac were fascinated with the concept of exploring how the eye perceives the world around it. As a result, they experimented with using tiny dots of color that come together to form a complete image when viewed from afar. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Pointillist art.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024
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A Hayfield at Sunset - Divisionist Impressionist Landscape Oil - Gustave De Smet
By Gustave De Smet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil on canvas landscape by Belgian painter Gustave De Smet. The stunning piece depicts a recently harvested field with a line of large haystacks running along the ...
Category
1910s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Village Provençal " Pointillistic Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting depicting a beautiful landscape on a sunny day of the Village Provençal in France. This piece has a strong presence with bold brushwork and heav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Port de Plaisance" Pointillistic Seascape with Sailboats Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting landscape depicting sail boats by the Port de Plaisance in France with homes and a tree lined path to the left. This piece has a strong presence...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Figurative Pointillist Painting after Georges Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon…”
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a monumental pointillism painting, a reinterpretation of “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” created a century earlier by French painter George Seurat,...
Category
1980s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zevgolatio - Pointillist Oil on Canvas Modernist Greece Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful pointillist oil on canvas depicting figures waiting for a train at Zevgolatio, Greece.
Exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1987. Original exhibition label on the reverse.
Artist: Malcolm John Hitchcock (1929–1998)
Title: Zevgolatio
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 26cm x 35cm including frame
Malcolm John Hitchcock (1929–1998) was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He studied at Andover School of Art, then did “a variety of work to keep the wolf from the door,” becoming a full-time artist in mid-1980s.
His main works were Pointillist railway paintings...
Category
1980s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roland Garros - 1984 Poster - Sports - Tennis - Pointillism
Located in PARIS, FR
This poster is the 5th poster to promote the 1984 French Open tennis tournament (Roland Garros tournament), now called Roland Garros, which is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments....
Category
1980s Pointillist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
