Neo-Impressionism
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Neo-Impressionism is a late 19th-century art movement characterized by the use of small, distinct dots or strokes of color and scientific color theory to create luminous, optically mixed images.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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painting style → post-Impressionist movement → |
| aimsFor |
optical mixture of colors in the viewer's eye
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scientific approach to color and light → |
| associatedWithGroup |
Salon des Indépendants
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surface form: "Société des Artistes Indépendants"
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| contrastsWith |
loose brushwork of Impressionism
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spontaneity of Impressionism → |
| emergedAroundYear | 1884 → |
| emergedInCentury | 19th century → |
| emergedInPeriod | late 19th century → |
| emphasizes |
harmony of color and line
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rational, theoretical approach to painting → scientific analysis of light → |
| firstExhibitedAt | Salon des Indépendants → |
| foundedBy | Georges Seurat → |
| geographicSpread |
Belgium
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France → Italy → Switzerland → United Kingdom → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Neo-Impressionism
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surface form: "Neo-Impressionist movement"
Neo-Impressionist painting → Neo-Impressionism →
surface form: "Neoimpressionism"
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| hasCharacteristic |
carefully planned compositions
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division of color into separate touches → emphasis on luminosity → emphasis on structure and order → interest in modern urban and leisure subjects → optical color mixing → systematic, methodical brushwork → use of broken color → use of complementary colors → use of small, distinct dots or strokes of color → |
| hasCriticalReception |
initially controversial
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later influential in modern art history → |
| hasTechnique |
Neo-Impressionism
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surface form: "Divisionism"
Neo-Impressionism →
surface form: "Pointillism"
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| influencedBy |
Charles Henry
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Impressionism → Michel Eugène Chevreul → Ogden Rood → color perception research → optical science → scientific color theory → |
| influencedMovement |
Cubism
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Fauvism → early modernism → |
| majorArtist |
Camille Pissarro
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Georges Seurat → Henri-Edmond Cross → Maximilien Luce → Paul Signac → Théo van Rysselberghe → |
| majorWork |
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
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surface form: "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
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| majorWorkCreator | Georges Seurat → |
| originatedInCity | Paris → |
| originatedInCountry | France → |
| pioneeredBy |
Georges Seurat
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Paul Signac → |
| relatedMovement |
Impressionism
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Post-Impressionism → |
| subjectMatter |
landscapes
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seaside leisure → urban scenes → working-class life → |
| timeframePeak |
1880s
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1890s → |
| timeframeStart | circa 1884 → |
| usesBrushworkType |
dots of pure color
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small strokes of pure color → |
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this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Divisionism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Neo-Impressionist circle in Paris"
this entity surface form: "Neoimpressionism"
this entity surface form: "Neo-Impressionist movement"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Les Nabis"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Divisionism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Divisionism"
subject surface form: "Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat"
this entity surface form: "Neo‑Impressionism"
this entity surface form: "Divisionism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Divisionism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Pointillism"
this entity surface form: "Divisionism"