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Or the Sea Piece in the James Orrock collection -- a welter of crosshatchings in variegated hues wherein any school of impressionism from Watteau's Embarkment to Monet's latest manner or the _pointillisme_ of Signac and Seurat may be recognised.
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
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Van Rhysselberge, one of the few painters to-day who practise _pointillisme_, or the system of dots, is
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
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Mauclair points out that fifteen years before _pointillisme_ (the system of dots, like eruptive small-pox, instead of the touches of Monet) was invented, Renoir in his portrait of Sisley used the stipplings.
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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May 2008 (CDT) ok. it's also the name of a coffee house chain in britain, i think. pointillisme occurred to me but ox. has it anglicised, sans e. middle French
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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