Pointilism

 STYLE: Painted entirely in small dots without mixing colors. For example – instead of making a light yellow-orange color, the artist would put dots of white, yellow, and orange very close together.

CONTENT: Landscapes, sometimes including people

FAMOUS ARTIST EXAMPLES:

Georges Seurat




Paul Signac



Henri-Edmond Cross









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