What is the meaning of pointillism?

noun

  • A school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France.
  • A genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France. .
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