Neo-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism was founded in 1886 by the artist Georges Seurat. Nothing significant was going on during that time. The term was coined by the French art critic Felix Feneon. He saw Seurat’s masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and immediately noticed the individualism of the painting. He called it Neo-Impressionism. This art period was around until 1935. It was a very unique type of painting style as it incorporated tiny dots of color on luminescent surfaces. Neo-Impressionist paintings were usually painted indoors in studios instead of outside like Impressionism. It’s a very organized style, not spontaneous in technique like other styles. It usually looked artificial because the paintings have lifelessness in them making them look like fake landscapes or figures. Neo-Impressionism branched out another type of painting style called pointillism. Because they both used the same techniques of tiny dots in one area, it was very popular to the audience of critics. Another name for it was Divisionism; they both had similar brush strokes so they are referred to by the same name many times.
Georges Seurat was the inventor of Neo-Impressionism. He used Pointillism in many of his paintings. He wasn’t fixed on the fact that he has to get all the colors right. He mixed the colors until he found a tone that would match the picture perfectly. He would also have models stay still while he painted but he would not make him wait through the whole process. He would sketch parts of the picture and have the image in mind so that he could work uninterrupted. This painting is called A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It was painted using Pointillism and very precise use of dots of paint. It depicts exactly what the title says, a Sunday afternoon in a park filled with people. There are many people sitting or standing in this picture. You can see trees, grass, the sky, a lake,
Neo-Impressionism was founded in 1886 by the artist Georges Seurat. Nothing significant was going on during that time. The term was coined by the French art critic Felix Feneon. He saw Seurat’s masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and immediately noticed the individualism of the painting. He called it Neo-Impressionism. This art period was around until 1935. It was a very unique type of painting style as it incorporated tiny dots of color on luminescent surfaces. Neo-Impressionist paintings were usually painted indoors in studios instead of outside like Impressionism. It’s a very organized style, not spontaneous in technique like other styles. It usually looked artificial because the paintings have lifelessness in them making them look like fake landscapes or figures. Neo-Impressionism branched out another type of painting style called pointillism. Because they both used the same techniques of tiny dots in one area, it was very popular to the audience of critics. Another name for it was Divisionism; they both had similar brush strokes so they are referred to by the same name many times.
Georges Seurat was the inventor of Neo-Impressionism. He used Pointillism in many of his paintings. He wasn’t fixed on the fact that he has to get all the colors right. He mixed the colors until he found a tone that would match the picture perfectly. He would also have models stay still while he painted but he would not make him wait through the whole process. He would sketch parts of the picture and have the image in mind so that he could work uninterrupted. This painting is called A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It was painted using Pointillism and very precise use of dots of paint. It depicts exactly what the title says, a Sunday afternoon in a park filled with people. There are many people sitting or standing in this picture. You can see trees, grass, the sky, a lake,