page_title: Pointillism
section_title: Notable artists
hierarchical_section_title: Pointillism / Notable artists
context_page_description: Pointillism 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 mocking connotation. The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo-impressionism. The Divisionists used a similar technique of patterns to form images, though with larger cube-like brushstrokes.
context_section_description: Georges Seurat
  Charles Angrand
  Chuck Close
  Henri-Edmond Cross
  Henri Delavallée
  Albert Dubois-Pillet
  Louis Fabien (pseudonym)
  Georges Lemmen
  Maximilien Luce
  Jean Metzinger
  Camille Pissarro
  John Roy
  Paul Signac
  Vincent van Gogh
  Théo van Rysselberghe
  Hippolyte Petitjean
  Jan Toorop
caption: Vincent van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1887, using pointillist technique.
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