Seurat’s theories intrigued many of his contemporaries, as other artists seeking a reaction against Impressionism joined the Neo-Impressionist movement. Paul Signac, in particular, became one of the main proponents of divisionist theory, especially after Seurat’s death in 1891. In fact, Signac’s book, D’Eugène Delacroix au Néo-Impressionnisme, published in 1899, coined the term divisionism and became widely recognized as the manifesto of Neo-Impressionism.[3]
In addition to Signac, other French artists, largely through associations in the Société des Artistes Indépendants, adopted some divisionist techniques, including Camille and Lucien Pissarro, Albert Dubois-Pillet, Charles Angrand, Maximilien Luce, Henri-Edmond Cross and Hippolyte Petitjean.[5] Additionally, through Paul Signac’s advocacy of divisionism, an influence can be seen in some of the works of Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Jean Metzinger, Robert Delaunay and Pablo Picasso[5] .[6]
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For me Seurat has had much more influence than I could ever account for, in this case alnoe I will refer specifically to its influence on the above Gouache I finished in 2010. First, I stuck with primary colors as in original Divisionism's definition, but rather than allowing myself to use green, it was simply replaced with the use of a black marker to create a spontaneous drawing w/o a 'net' (in true neo-impressionist spirit). Later to be filled in with color controlled by a strict policy of not being able to vary color tone nor intensity.
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