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  • Seurat\'s work is an example of the style of painting called Pointillism, which is a juxtaposition of many dots of multicolored paint.

    Dr. Susan Albers: Are You a Work of Art? The Secret to a Better Body Image 2009

  • Seurat's work is an example of the style of painting called Pointillism, which is a juxtaposition of many dots of multicolored paint.

    Dr. Susan Albers: Are You a Work of Art? The Secret to a Better Body Image 2009

  • Ilan, who was raised in Los Angeles, uses a drawing technique called Pointillism, in which he creates portraits with pen and ink on canvas using only dots.

    Commentaries 2010

  • The artist uses a technique called Pointillism, in which he draws portraits with pen and ink on canvas using only dots.

    The Christian Post RSS Feed | Business 2010

  • It makes me think of mosaic or Pointillism, actually; something that in fine resolution doesn't work well at all, but when you blur your gaze a bit, it's suddenly there.

    A Bouquet of Mimosa Blossoms Marina Geigert 2007

  • The early pieces on view at Hollis Taggart — formative attempts at Impressionism, Pointillism, Cubism and, a bit more furtively, Surrealism — demonstrate a deep, if not particularly distinctive, understanding of modernist currents.

    Overdue Retrospective Speaks Friedman's Harsh Language 2006

  • The early pieces on view at Hollis Taggart — formative attempts at Impressionism, Pointillism, Cubism and, a bit more furtively, Surrealism — demonstrate a deep, if not particularly distinctive, understanding of modernist currents.

    Overdue Retrospective Speaks Friedman's Harsh Language 2006

  • The early pieces on view at Hollis Taggart — formative attempts at Impressionism, Pointillism, Cubism and, a bit more furtively, Surrealism — demonstrate a deep, if not particularly distinctive, understanding of modernist currents.

    Overdue Retrospective Speaks Friedman���s Harsh Language 2006

  • The early pieces on view at Hollis Taggart — formative attempts at Impressionism, Pointillism, Cubism and, a bit more furtively, Surrealism — demonstrate a deep, if not particularly distinctive, understanding of modernist currents.

    Overdue Retrospective Speaks Friedman���s Harsh Language 2006

  • The foreground declivity, conjectured to be a quarry, shows in opaque watercolor the staccato broken brushwork, adopted from Pointillism, that was to become his signature manner.

    Determined Spirit Updike, John 2005

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