>>8035414It was part of the broader late-impressionist movement and the term pointillism was a term critics used to make fun of it. Couldn't tell you much more than that but impressionism came about as a sort of contraianist mind-set to the prevalent academic teachings within France at the time.
The art academy taught painting in studios slowly, with methodical brush strokes. So much so it was a hallmark of skill to be able to hide your brush strokes in the finish product with everything being smooth. There was a popular varnish at the time that was really thick and would smooth out the oil painting's texture to help hide it though it also muted the colours. So countering that is where impressionism starts; paint outside, paint in hours not days, don't hide the brush strokes or some mistakes, etc. Over time people took the movement's ideas into a variety of styles like pointillism, divisionism, fauvism, etc.
I'm probably missing some relevant info about some things, I haven't read about the history in a decade when I was in uni, but as a jist that should work.
