Divisionist (style)

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Style of painting that was primarily employed by a loosely associated group of late 19th-century Italian artists seeking a distinctly Italian avant-garde style. It uses hatching, dashes, or patches of colors to visually achieve a luminous optical effect, rather than physically mixing colors of paint. At close viewing, a Divisionist canvas is a mass of contrasting marks; at a distance, the colors are intended to visually enhance each other and produce an effect of shimmering luminosity. The style that specifically uses dots of color is usually called "Pointillist" in modern usage. While French painters using this or a similar style may be called "Neo-Impressionist," for Italian painters, it is common to call them "Divisionist." The Italian artists' style was considered both autonomous from their other European counterparts and pioneering of Modernism.
Divisionist
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024