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Divisionism


Divisionism
Term invented by Paul Signac to describe the Neo-Impressionist separation of colour into dots or patches applied directly to the canvas. Following the rules of colour-contrasts laid out by Ogden Rood and Michel-Eugène Chevreul, this method was intended to produce maximum brilliance scientifically and to avoid the muddiness caused by physically mixing colours before applying them to the canvas. Seen close to, a Divisionist canvas is a mass of contrasting dots: at a distance, the ... (view more)

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Artists Associated with Divisionism — 8 artists:

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
Vittore Grubicy
Angelo Morbelli
Plinio Nomellini

Gaetano Previati
Giovanni Segantini
Georges Seurat
Paul Signac

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