Meaning of pointillist In English

• 0 a painter who paints in a style developed in France at the end of the 19th century in which small spots of pure colour are used that seem to mix when seen from far away:

  • Seurat and Signac were two of the most famous pointillists.

  • I'd seen several pastel painters use little dots, like the pointillists.

• 1 in or relating to a style of painting developed in France at the end of the 19th century in which small spots of pure colour are used that seem to mix when seen from far away:

  • Seurat's "Une Baignade" is a well-known pointillist painting.

  • The woman was painted with dots in the pointillist style.