Pointillism

Pointillism is a form of painting in which tiny dots of primary colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is an offshoot of Impressionism, and is usually categorized as a form of Post-Impressionism. Pointillism is focused on the specific style of brushwork, but not on the subject.
Pointillism

Pointillism is a painting technique, that was created by George Seurat
(French,1859-1891) in 1880s and employed in his famous painting
«A Sunday afternoon on La Grande Jatte»
(an island in the Seine River in France)
History

«A Sunday afternoon on La Grande Jatte»

Paul Signac
Paul Signac was born in Paris. In creation of his first paintings he was influenced by Monet. In 1884 he took part in establishing of the «Society of independent artists» where with George Seurat founded pointillism.

«Breakfast»

«A still life with a book»

Vincent van Gogh

«The beach at Heist»

The scheme of Pointillism is in sharp contrast to the traditional methods of blending pigments on a palette. Pointillism is analogous to the four-color CMYK: Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow, and Key (black) printing process. Televisions and computer monitors use a similar technique to represent image colors using Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) colors.
The scheme of Pointillism

Pointillism is an art style, that was founded by
George Seurat
and
Paul Signac.
Post-Impressionism.
It is also called
Pointillism is based on
CMYK colors
that blend, generating others.
Pictures, belonging to this style are painted in
oil based paints,
but
transparent paints
and pencils also can be used.
Complete the sentences

Match the artist’s name with the picture, he painted
Paul Signac
George Seurat
Vincent Van Gogh
Georges Lemmen
«Self-portrait»
«Breakfast»
«La Tour Eifel»
«The Beach Heist»

Match the artist’s name with the picture, he painted
Paul Signac
George Seurat
Vincent Van Gogh
Georges Lemmen
«Self-portrait»
«Breakfast»
«La Tour Eifel»
«The Beach Heist»

Choose the right variant
Van Gogh and Paul Signac were born
in France. True
False
Not stated
2.George Seurat painted «The Circus»
in 1890.
True
False
Not stated

3.The subject of «A Sunday Afternoon on
La Grande Jatte» is an afternoon on the bank
of the Seine River.
True
False
Not stated
4.Paul Signac was the main founder of
«Society of Independent Artists».
True
False
Not stated

5. «The beach Heist» is painted by French
artist.
True
False
Not stated
6. RGB colors are used in photography.
True
False
Not stated

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