NEOIMPRESSIONISM

add. ·noun a theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of impressionism, originated by george seurat (1859-91), and carried on by paul signac (1863- -) and others. its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed. this method is also known as pointillism (stippling).