Chromoluminarism
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| Sunday Afternoon on the Island La Grande Jatte |
| Georges Seurat, 1884–1886 |
| oil on canvas |
| 207.6 × 308 cm |
| Art Institute of Chicago |
Chromoluminarism is a technique used by Neo-Impressionists such Georges Seurat (1859-1891). It is also called Divisionism.
The technique involves breaking color into its basic elements, painting in very small and regular dots. From a distance the multiple dots form an optical mixture of color. The best known example is Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-1886).
Another variety of Neo-Impressionism is pointillism, which involves painting in dots, though not necessarily with the aim of breaking color.
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[edit] Reference
- Westphal, Ruth, Plein Air Painters of California: The Southland, Westphal Publishing ISBN 0-9610520-0-7.
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