Late 19th-century French style of painting using dots of colour

• Painting style using dots and small strokes, associated with Georges Seurat in late 19th-century France
• Painting technique using dots
• Technique employed in the painting hidden in this puzzle

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. In art, the use of small areas of color to construct an image.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 first coined ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neoimpressionism \Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism\ (n[=e]`[-o]*[i^]m*pr[e^]sh"[u^]n*[i^]z'm), n. (Painting) A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1901, from French pointillisme , from pointiller "to cover with pointilles," small dots, plural diminutive of point (see point (n.)). Pointillist is attested from 1891, from French pointilliste .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In arguing for pointillism , he quoted the scientific treatises consulted by Seurat and even printed mathematical equations. ▪ In its slightly earlier day, pointillism had also had a progressive artistic programme.