Research point

Research point

Seurat’s painting technique: “pointillism”

-          Small distinct dots of “pure” colour (on palette, colours weren’t mixed but kept separate)

-          Blending of colour dots into various colours

-          Colours were used in system of colour wheel

-          Most paintings with pointillism technique are done with oil paint (reasons for using oil paint: thickness and because it doesn’t run down the canvas)

-          Short even brush strokes, every stroke separate from another one

 Seurat was more working-class than other Impressionist artists and although his political stance isn’t certain some speculates if he was involved with the ideas of Diversionists as this could explain why he “developed” a new painting technique that is called Divisionism/pointillism.

References:

Web pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisionism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism#cite_note-artcyclopedia-0

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/pointillism.html

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