The art critic first used the term

The art critic first used the term "Neo-Impressionism" to describe the paintings of Georges Seurat at the eighth and last Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1886. Seurat debuted his masterpiece A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, a virtual manifesto for the Neo-Impressionist technique. His manner of weaving and layering small brushstrokes indeed achieved a tapestry-like paint surface of complementary and contrasting hues. Even Vincent van Gogh admired Seurat's expansive palette , noting on a visit to Seurat's studio the "fresh revelation of color.