Neo-Impressionism

Look closely at the separate dots and touches of color, then step back to see how they build a scene. Seurat, Signac and their contemporaries used deliberate color relationships to organize light and form. Their approach spread between France and Belgium, linking Impressionist subjects with experiments that also encouraged the Fauves. Pointillism names the dotted technique; Neo-Impressionism also describes the artists and ideas around these color experiments. Notice how repeated marks can steady a composition even when the subject is bustling modern life. The small touches vary from artist to artist, and their visual effect changes with viewing distance. Connected places: Paris · Brussels · The French Mediterranean coast.

• A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89
• Les Andelys, Côte d'AvalPaul Signac, 1886
• Portrait of the Artist's SisterGeorges Lemmen, 1891
• Beach at Cabasson (Baigne-Cul)Henri Edmond Cross, 1891–92
• Valley with Fir (Shade on the Mountain)Henri Edmond Cross, 1909
• Pines Along the ShoreHenri Edmond Cross, 1896
• The Artist's Garden at Saint-ClairHenri Edmond Cross, 1904–5
• LandscapeHenri Edmond Cross, ca. 1904
• Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)Georges Seurat, 1887–88
• Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"Georges Seurat, 1884
• Gray Weather, Grande JatteGeorges Seurat, ca. 1886–88
• Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"Georges Seurat, 1884
• Saint-TropezMaximilien Luce, 1897
• The Pink CloudHenri Edmond Cross, c. 1896
• Study for "Bathers at Asnières"Georges Seurat, c. 1883–84