The crossword solutions for the term CIRCUS SIDESHOW POINTILLIST is SEURAT. Georges Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter who developed the painting technique known as Pointillism. Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Seurat's most famous work, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, is a large pointillist painting. Seurat's work was often inspired by the circus and sideshows he attended.