Editing Pointillism (section)

{{Short description|Technique of painting with small, distinct dots}}
{{Main|Neo-Impressionism}}

[[File:Seurat-La Parade detail.jpg|thumb|upright|Detail from [[Georges Seurat|Seurat]]'s ''[[Parade de cirque]]'', 1889, showing the contrasting dots of paint which define Pointillism]]

'''Pointillism''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|w|æ̃|t|ᵻ|l|ɪ|z|əm}}, {{IPAc-en|also|US|ˈ|p|w|ɑː|n|-|,|_|ˈ|p|ɔɪ|n|-}})<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/pointillism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726164950/https://www.lexico.com/definition/pointillism |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |title=pointillism |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> is a technique of [[painting]] in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.

[[Georges Seurat]] and [[Paul Signac]] developed the technique in 1886, branching from [[Impressionism]].  The term "Pointillism" was coined by [[art critics]] in the late 1880s to ridicule the works of these artists, but is now used without its earlier pejorative connotation.<ref name="ArtCyclopedia" /> The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as [[Neo-impressionism]]. The [[Divisionism|Divisionists]] used a similar technique of patterns to form images, though with larger cube-like brushstrokes.<ref>Ruhrberg, Karl. "Seurat and the Neo-Impressionists". ''Art of the 20th Century'', Vol. 2. Koln: Benedikt [[Taschen]] Verlag, 1998. {{ISBN|3-8228-4089-0}}.</ref>