pointillist

poin·til·lism  (pwt-zm, pointl-z-)

n.

A postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes.

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[French pointillisme, from pointiller, to paint small dots, stipple, from Old French *pointille, engraved with small dots, from point, point, from Latin pnctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pointil·list adj. & n.

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pointillist - A painter who creates separate dots of pure color instead of mixed pigments; the pronunciation is PWAHN-tuhl-ist.

See also related terms for painter.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pointillist - a painter who uses the technique of pointillism painter - an artist who paints
Adj.	1.	pointillist - of or relating to pointillism pointillistic patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

Translations

pointillist

n → Pointillist(in) m(f)

adj → pointillistisch