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Paul Signac
Paul Signac

Paul Signac

French, 1863-1935
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Paul Victor Jules Signac was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style.
Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. He followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a painter after attending an exhibit of Monet's work. He sailed around the coasts of Europe, painting the landscapes he encountered. He also painted a series of watercolors of French harbor cities in later years.

In 1884 he met Claude Monet and Georges Seurat. He was struck by the systematic working methods of Seurat and by his theory of colors and became Seurat's faithful supporter, friend and heir with his description of Neo-Impressionism and Divisionism method. Under Seurat's influence he abandoned the short brushstrokes of Impressionism to experiment with scientifically juxtaposed small dots of pure color, intended to combine and blend not on the canvas but in the viewer's eye, the defining feature of Pointillism. Many of Signac's paintings are of the French coast. He loved to paint the water.

Signac loved sailing and began to travel in 1892, sailing a small boat to almost all the ports of France, to the Netherlands, and around the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople, basing his boat at St. Tropez, which he "discovered". From his various ports of call, Signac brought back vibrant, colorful watercolors, sketched rapidly from nature. From these sketches, he painted large studio canvases that are carefully worked out in small, mosaic-like squares of color, quite different from the tiny, variegated dots previously used by Seurat.

Signac himself experimented with various media. As well as oil paintings and watercolors he made etchings, lithographs, and many pen-and-ink sketches composed of small, laborious dots. The Neo-Impressionists influenced the next generation: Signac inspired Henri Matisse and André Derain in particular, thus playing a decisive role in the evolution of Fauvism.

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Evening (Le soir)

Evening (Le soir) (1898)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
At Flushing (A Flessingue)

At Flushing (A Flessingue) (1895)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Landscape

Landscape (1915)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Les Andelys, Côte d’Aval

Les Andelys, Côte d’Aval (1886)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Buoy (La bouée)

The Buoy (La bouée) (1894)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Calanque at Saint Tropez

The Calanque at Saint Tropez (1906)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Port of St. Tropez

The Port of St. Tropez (1897–98)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Harmonious Times

Harmonious Times (1895-1896)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Illustration
Barfleur

Barfleur (1931)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Canal of Overschie

Canal of Overschie

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Cassis, Cap Lombard, Opus 196

Cassis, Cap Lombard, Opus 196

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Gasometers at Clichy

Gasometers at Clichy

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Port of Saint-Cast

Port of Saint-Cast (1890)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Railway junction near Bois-Colombes

Railway junction near Bois-Colombes

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Port of Rotterdam

The Port of Rotterdam (1907)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Port of Saint-Tropez

The Port of Saint-Tropez

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Square Saint-Pierre

The Square Saint-Pierre (1883-1884)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
The Tugboat, Canal in Samois

The Tugboat, Canal in Samois (1901)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Venice, The Pink Cloud, 1909

Venice, The Pink Cloud, 1909

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
View of the Seine at Herblay

View of the Seine at Herblay (1889)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Le Puy-En-Velay, Ciel D’orage

Le Puy-En-Velay, Ciel D’orage

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Bourg Saint-Andéo

Bourg Saint-Andéo (1926)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Cathrin À L’ancre, Mouillage De Kermarquer (Embouchure Du Trieux) 

Cathrin À L’ancre, Mouillage De Kermarquer (Embouchure Du Trieux)  (1925)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Les Andelys on a Summer Morning

Les Andelys on a Summer Morning (1923)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Saint-Tropez, Le Port

Saint-Tropez, Le Port (1894)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
St Tropez

St Tropez (1906)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Marseilles

Marseilles (1898)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Saint-Tropez, Voiles Au Sec

Saint-Tropez, Voiles Au Sec (1901)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Volendam, Barques De Pêche

Volendam, Barques De Pêche (1896)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
Saint-Gilles Croix-De-Vie

Saint-Gilles Croix-De-Vie (1925)

Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
Landscape
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