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"Small Table in Evening Dusk," Henri le Sidaner, 1921.

Le Sidaner (1862-1939) was a Post-Impressionist painter who is today classed as an "Intimist," specializing in quiet interiors and serene street scenes like this one. Recently-abandoned tables were a favorite subject, as were gardens and domestic scenes.

He often used a Pointillist technique, which I usually find annoying, but here it gives the scene a misty, dreamlike air. It almost verges on being too pretty, but the use of subdued colors (Le Sidaner disliked using primaries) gives is a cool, sort of detached air.

Le Sidaner is hard to characterize as being part of any one art movement; one critic called his work "art of silence" which is a pretty good description. The serenity of this scene is enviable; one wishes to be sitting down at that table with a friend and looking out over the water...

From the Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan.

#Art #HenriLeSidaner #Pointillism #PostImpressionism #Intimism #ArtOfSilence #Quiet

"Small Table in Evening Dusk," Henri le Sidaner, 1921.

Le Sidaner (1862-1939) was a Post-Impressionist painter who is today classed as an "Intimist," specializing in quiet interiors and serene street scenes like this one. Recently-abandoned tables were a favorite subject, as were gardens and domestic scenes.

He often used a Pointillist technique, which I usually find annoying, but here it gives the scene a misty, dreamlike air. It almost verges on being too pretty, but the use of subdued colors (Le Sidaner disliked using primaries) gives is a cool, sort of detached air.

Le Sidaner is hard to characterize as being part of any one art movement; one critic called his work "art of silence" which is a pretty good description. The serenity of this scene is enviable; one wishes to be sitting down at that table with a friend and looking out over the water...

From the Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan.

#Art #HenriLeSidaner #Pointillism #PostImpressionism #Intimism #ArtOfSilence #Quiet

DITHERING

@raumstadtion

#rheinmain #hessen #Germany #deutschland #fascade #fassade #pattern #raster #wald #forest #dither #dithering #pattern #pointillism #pointilismus #punkt #punkte #points #blackandwhite #schwarzweiss #blackwhite #art #artwork #kunst #arte #photo #foto #photography #fotografie #patternphotography #fotografia #raumstadtion

DITHERING

@raumstadtion

#rheinmain #hessen #Germany #deutschland #fascade #fassade #pattern #raster #wald #forest #dither #dithering #pattern #pointillism #pointilismus #punkt #punkte #points #blackandwhite #schwarzweiss #blackwhite #art #artwork #kunst #arte #photo #foto #photography #fotografie #patternphotography #fotografia #raumstadtion

“Early modern society created – and we have inherited – that paradoxical thing: a tradition of radical innovation”*…

A University of Chicago economist with a specialty in the economics of creativity, David Galenson, with an argument that the Impressionists contributed more than their works to the story of art…

Since the 1960s the art world has become accustomed to the arrival of startling new works by contemporary artists, from Yves Klein’s anthropometries created by nude models covered with blue paint, Piero Manzoni’s canned feces, and Andy Warhol’s silkscreened portraits, through Andres Serrano’s crucifix in urine, Damien Hirst’s sectioned animals in formaldehyde, and Tracey Emin’s soiled bed, to Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana. Yet few art experts understand that these radical works are only the most recent consequences of a fundamental change in the structure of art markets that occurred more than a century ago. And the artists who initiated this change are today so venerated that few people realize how radical they were in their own time…

Art historians have long recognized that a radical change occurred in the appearance of fine art during the late 19th and early twentieth centuries, but they have failed to explain why this happened when it did. The answer lies in a change in the structure of the market for art, initiated by Claude Monet and a small group of his friends. The Impressionist group exhibitions of 1874–86 effectively ended the official Salon’s monopoly of the ability to certify artists as qualified professionals, and began a new regime in which small independent group exhibitions competed for attention. The result was a new era of artistic freedom, as painters no longer had to satisfy the conservative Salon jury, and new styles challenged for leadership of the art world. The heightened demand for originality favored conceptual artists, who could innovate conspicuously and decisively. So ironically, Monet and his fellow experimental Impressionists came under attack from the supporters of Seurat, van Gogh, Gauguin, and other young conceptual artists. The growing independence of private galleries, which further contributed to fostering competition, would allow Matisse, Picasso, and their peers to consolidate this revolution early in the next century. And the products of this perpetual revolution have included such later works as Warhol’s silkscreened portraits, Hirst’s sectioned animals, and Cattelan’s duct-taped banana. Art historians have described the transformation of modern art in great detail, but have failed to recognize the causal role of economic forces, as the shift from monopsony to a competitive market gave artists a new freedom to innovate, and made the modern era a time of continuing radical innovation…

Fascinating: “Marketing modern art: how the impressionists started a perpetual revolution,” from @jcultecon.bsky.social.

Bay Area readers can peek at the process in motion at The MFA’s Legion of Honor in the “Manet & Morisot” exhibition, up through March 1.

* Kirk Varnedoe

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As we divvy up the difference, we might send avant-garde birthday greetings to a beneficiary of this emergent cultural mechanism, Francis Picabia; he was born on this date in 1879. A French avant-garde painter, poet, and typographist, Picabia experimented with Impressionism and Pointillism before becoming a Cubist.  He then became one of the early major figures of the Dada movement in the United States and in France, and was later briefly associated with Surrealism.

See his work at the record of a major retrospective hung at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2017 on their web site.

Instant chaleureux
Pointillisme - crayon feutre - 15x10
2025

#art #pointillism #crayonfeutre #paysage #crayon #pensil #landscape #dessin #paysagemaritime #artcontemporain #artofmastodon

A pointillism drawing I did a few years ago. #pointillism #sketchbook #WinterScene #IndigenousCreatives

A pointillism drawing I did a few years ago. #pointillism #sketchbook #WinterScene #IndigenousCreatives

'Bergmeer in de Alpen' - adembenemende #landschap door #pointillisme en de intense kleuren | 'Mountain lake in the Alps' - breathtaking #landscape through #pointillism and intense colours.
Jo #Koster in Gouda Museum.
#goudamuseum #art #neoimpressionism #artmuseum #impressionism ‪#fineart‬ #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #artietamicitae #stlucas #Amersfoortsekunstkring

Olijfboom in Toscane,
Haar krachtige stijl van schilderen is indrukwekkend | Her powerful style of painting is impressive.
Jo Koster in Gouda Museum.
#goudamuseum #art #neoimpressionism #pointillism #artmuseum #impressionism #fineart #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #landscape #artietamicitae #stlucas #Amersfoortsekunstkring

Staphorster meisje; met veel aandacht voor haar kleding en gelaatstrekken geschilderd. Ook de natuur speelt een rol | Girl from Staphorst; painted with great attention to her clothing and facial features. Nature also plays a role.
Jo Koster in #GoudaMuseum.
#art #neoimpressionism #pointillism #artmuseum #impressionism #fineart #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #landscape #artietamicitae #stlucas #Amersfoortsekunstkring

Dit kunstwerk met twee Staphorster vrouwen wordt tentoongesteld ten bate van de 'Vereniging tot bestrijding van Tuberculose' | This artwork depicting two women from Staphorst is being exhibited to raise funds for the “Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis”.
Jo Koster in Gouda Museum.
#art #neoimpressionism #pointillism #artmuseum #impressionism ‪#fineart‬ #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #landscape #artietamicitae #stlucas #Amersfoortsekunstkring

Naast de vrije natuur heeft Jo de voorkeur kleur te gebruiken om stemmingen over te brengen | In addition to the great outdoors, Jo prefers to use colour to convey moods.
Jo Koster in #GoudaMuseum.
#art #neoimpressionism #pointillism #artmuseum #impressionism ‪#fineart‬ #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #landscape #artietamicitae #stlucas #Amersfoortsekunstkring

Als ik iets kan aanbevelen is het wel de prachtige tentoonstelling van Jo Koster in museum Gouda | If there is one thing I can recommend, it is the magnificent exhibition by Jo #Koster at the Gouda Museum.
#art #goudamuseum #neoimpressionism #pointillism #artmuseum #impressionism #fineart #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #landscape #artietamicitae #stlucas # Amersfoortsekunstkring

Als ik iets kan aanbevelen is het wel de prachtige tentoonstelling van Jo Koster in museum Gouda | If there is one thing I can recommend, it is the magnificent exhibition by Jo #Koster at the Gouda Museum.
#art #goudamuseum #neoimpressionism #pointillism #artmuseum #impressionism #fineart #oil #color #colour #painting #oilpainting #landscape #artietamicitae #stlucas # Amersfoortsekunstkring

Paul Signac💫
#art #paulsignac #pointillism #mastoart

Paul Signac💫
#art #paulsignac #pointillism #mastoart

💯 agreed that these are beautiful 😍🖼️:

“MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today”, Anthony Agius (https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540402

#Art #MacPaint #Macintosh #OldSkool #Nostalgia #RetroComputing #Drawing #Dithering #Pointillism

💯 agreed that these are beautiful 😍🖼️:

“MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today”, Anthony Agius (https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540402

#Art #MacPaint #Macintosh #OldSkool #Nostalgia #RetroComputing #Drawing #Dithering #Pointillism

Lighthouse at Groix (1925) by Paul Signac (1863-1935). Signac, an avid yachtsman, is best known for his vivid views of French ports and incandescent seascapes. The broad, regular touches of color, visible especially in the sky and water, were a hallmark of Signac’s late style.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/lighthouse-at-groix-1925-paul-signac-1863-1935.html

#art #ArtHistory #lighthouse #pointillism

It's 2 am
My dog's been doing #shit #pointillism art in the garden for about 8 hours now.
Can't call the vet I guess.
They're probably sleeping
I would like to get some sleep too
Instead I just read and retooted a long post about Virginia prisons where racist sadist guards abuse... #DOGS to suppress inmates
Bastards

Have to go outside now
My dog wants to finish the painting

"Women at the Well, Opus 238." Paul Signac, 1892.

I've talked about Signac before. While I'm not a huge fan of Pointillism, and I consider Seurat overrated (there, I said it, I expect people to unfollow me now), but his works have a certain appeal.

Here we have two ladies at a well overlooking the Mediterranean. This scene is just DRENCHED with sunlight; in fact, the yellowness of the grass hints that there might be a bit of a drought going on. Signac would spend half of each year at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, where his paintings sought to depict an ideal society. This was originally to have been part of a grander, sweeping canvas....but he decided the two ladies at the well were enough.

This is also a great example of "artistic license" as a concept. Most of the elements here do exist...the lighthouse, the well, the distant mountains, the citadel on a hill....but they don't exist together like this. But he put them together to make an idealized view. Kind of like putting the Washington Monument next to the Empire State Building in a picture...

Makes me think of summer...

From the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

#Art #PaulSignac #WomenInArt #Riviera #SaintTropez #NeoImpressinism #Pointillism

Apple Harvest (1888) by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903).

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/apple-harvest-1888-camille-pissarro-1830-1903.html

#art #ArtHistory #pointillism #MastoArt

A drawing I did on this day in 2019. #snow #sketchbook #pointillism #IndigenousCreatives #ArtistsOnMastodon #InkDrawing

"The Seine at Pont Saint-Michel," Maximilien Luce, 1900.

Luce (1858-1941) was a keen observer of city life and depicted the various social strata taking in an autumn afternoon.

Born to a working-class Paris family, he started as a wood engraver, then switched to painting, operating first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and then a Neo-Impressionist. You see some Impressionism here in capturing a moment in time, but also the Pointillism, especially in the trees.

An avowed anarchist, he was arrested on suspicion after the assassination of President Carnot in 1894; he spent 42 days in jail and later published a series of lithographs based on his experiences.

He gets a lot of respect in France, but here in the States he is not well known. Time for that to change.

From the Museum Barberini, Potsdam.

#Art #FrenchArt #Impressionism #Pointillism #MaximilienLuce #Paris #Autumn

Through a random set of conversational tangents with my husband I was suddenly reminded of the absolutely beautiful #pointillism #art of Betty Acquah.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/10/betty-acquah-paintings/