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Neo-impressionism
is a term coined by a French art critic in 1886 to describe an
art movement
founded by
Georges Seurat
. Seurat’s greatest masterpiece,
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
, marked the beginning of this movement when it appeared at an exhibition of the
Societe des Artistes Independants
in Paris.
[1]
Around this time, many painters were in search of new methods. Followers of neo-impressionism were drawn to modern urban scenes as well as landscapes and seashores. Science-based interpretation of lines and colours influenced neo-impressionists’ characterization of their own
contemporary art
.
[2]
Pointillism
is often mentioned, because it was the dominant technique in the beginning of the movement.
The art critic
Felix Feneon
first used the term neo-impressionism in an article he wrote for the Belgian journal
L’art Moderne
in 1886. With the term he wanted to show that the way Seurat painted was different from the ways painting was done in
Impressionism
. In total, the movement lasted about five years.
- ↑
Hutton, John G. 2004 .
Neo-impressionism and the search for solid ground: art, science, and anarchism in fin-de-siecle France
. (1994).
Neo-impressionism and the Search for Solid Ground: Art, Science, and Anarchism in Fin-de-siecle France
.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
: Louisiana State University Press.
ISBN
0-8071-1823-0
.
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- ↑
Lee, Ellen W. & Smith, Tracy E. 1983.
The aura of Neo-impressionism: the W.J. Holliday Collection
. Edelstein, Debra ed. Indiana University Press.
ISBN
0-936260-04-1