neoimpressionism

noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts.

1. the theory and practice of a group of post-impressionists of about the middle 1880s, characterized chiefly by a systematic juxtaposition of dots or points of pure color according to a concept of the optical mixture of hues.

noun

1. a movement in French painting initiated mainly by Seurat in the 1880s and combining his vivid colour technique with strictly formal compositionSee also pointillism