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Definition of Pointillist
1. Adjective. Of or relating to pointillism.
2. Noun. A painter who uses the technique of pointillism.
Definition of Pointillist
1. Adjective. of, pertaining to, or in the style of pointillism ¹
2. Noun. An artist who paints in this style ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pointillist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointillist
Literary usage of Pointillist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"... XII A Pointless pointillist: Ezra Pound IF one might conceive, in the heliotrope
future, any Ph. Demon so inspired as to set about compiling a list of ..."
2. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"... XII A Pointless pointillist: Ezra Pound IF one might conceive, in the heliotrope
future, any Ph. Demon so inspired as to set about compiling a list of ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"There are several fallacies, however, theoretical and practical, in this " spectral
palette " and pointillist method. If we depart from the three primaries ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"There are several fallacies, however, theoretical and practical, in this " spectral
palette " and pointillist method. If we depart from the three primaries ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Belgian, Theo Van Rysselberghe, is also an exponent of the pointillist method.
There are also a number of painters in the United States who work in this ..."
6. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"That spirited " pointillist " Henri Martin seems for the present to have reached
a climax in his " Cain and Abel," one of the most powerful creations of the ..."
7. Artists and Thinkers by Louis William Flaccus (1916)
"It is not at all comparable to the automatic, sensuous unification or blurring
of patches of color on which the pointillist counts. ..."
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