Ways of Pointillism

Download or read book Ways of Pointillism written by Heinz Widauer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their pioneering method using dots, the artists of Pointillism no longer directed their gaze only towards the imitation of reality. In their paintings, created between 1886 and 1930, dots, color and light assumed an independent existence to create masterpieces of unprecedented brightness and color diversity. The works by the inventors of this technique, Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, marked the beginning of this exuberant outburst of color. Works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Carlo Carrá, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee demonstrate how artists made a study of Pointillism during the 20th century. Vincent van Gogh contributed to the way that modernist painters abandoned Pointillism. More than 100 selected works, including paintings, watercolors and drawings, illuminate this art movement and its contributions to the dawning of the new era of modern painting.