在新印象派運動的開始時,新印象派藝術未受到世界各地民眾的歡迎。1886年,喬治·秀拉首次展出他最著名的作品《大碗島的星期日下午》(Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte),獲得壓倒性的負面評價。這件藝術品引起騷動,被譏笑為“瘋人院”和“醜聞”。
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