This term refers to a group of artists, most prominently Seurat but also Signac and Pissarro, who moved from Impressionism to optical mixtures in the form of POINTILLISM. They were first seen in 1884.
a movement in painting as a reaction to Impressionism; originated by Georges-Pierre Seurat in the late 19th century, the movement used the technique of pointillism which uses dots or points of color which the brain automatically blends upon viewing it.
A movement in painting that was an outgrowth of and reaction to Impressionism. It was originated by Georges-Pierre Seurat (French, 1859-1891), who employed a technique called pointillism (also called divisionism, or confettiism), based on the scientific juxtaposition of touches or dots of pure colour.
An offshoot of Impressionism that called for a more rigorous intellectual analysis to painting. Neo-Impressionist art is characterized by the use of "Divisionism" or "Pointillism" and strict formal compositions.
Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by the French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1887Félix Fénéon: Les Impressionistes en 1886, Revue indépendante to characterise the late-19th century art movement led by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, who first exhibited their work in 1884 at the exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants in Paris. Fénéon's term pointed to the roots of this recent development in the visual arts in Impressionism, but offered at the same time a fresh reading of artistic means like colour and line based on the practise of Seurat and Signac, and its theoretical background in the writings of Chevreul and Charles Blanc. It is helpful to keep in mind that Fénéon supplied a view from this historical (meta-)level on the work of his friends.