In the 1880s, in France, the post-impressionist painter George Seurat (1859-1891) was one of the first to develop pointillism. Paul Signac was another founder of the style and other prominent atist who used the technique included Vincent Van Gogh, were Henri-Edmond Cross, John Roy, and Henri Delavallee. A famous painting by Seurat that reflects this style is "Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte, which took him two years of work and became one of the icons of 19 century painting. The pointillists used themes of nature in their works trying to create a visual harmony in the composition of colors.
Pointillist was first called "divisionism" by its practitioners. The name "pointillism" coined a short time later, was intended to make fun of the style. Today "pointillism" is a term accepted in painting for this style and it hasn't got mocking connotations. Some people still use the term "divisionism" to refer to paintings similar to pointillism, but this label is used more precisely to emphasize the technical theory of color that is used in many of these paintings. While pointillism uses small dots to create the impression of form and structure, divisionism creates unique color by putting dots of different colors according to the principles of colour and vision.
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