Pointillism Pointillism Pointillism () is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The term "Pointillism" was coined by art critics in the late 1880s to ridicule the works of these artists, and is now used without its earlier mocking connotation. The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo-impressionism. The Divisionists, too, used a similar technique of patterns to form images, though with larger cube-like brushstrokes. The technique relies on the ability of the
Spring is on the way (painting) painting was exhibited in 1988 on Vladimir Ovchinnikov posthumous exhibition in the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1994, picture again was shown in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists at the exhibition of «The Paintings of 1950-1980s by Artists of the Leningrad School». In 2007 the painting «Spring is on the way» was reproduced and described among 350 art works by Leningrad artists in the book «Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School», published in Russian and English. Spring is on the way (painting) Spring is on the way is a painting by Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov ()(1911-1978), well-known Russian