Paul Signac
1863-1935 French Paul Signac Galleries Paul Victor Jules Signac was born in Paris on November 11, 1863. He followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a painter. He sailed around the coasts of Europe, painting the landscapes he encountered. He also painted scenes of cities in France in his 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 colours and became Seurat's faithful supporter. Under his influence he abandoned the short brushstrokes of impressionism to experiment with scientifically juxtaposed small dots of pure colour, 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 left the capital each summer, to stay in the south of France in the village of Collioure or at St. Tropez, where he bought a house and invited his friends. In March 1889, he visited Vincent van Gogh at Arles. The next year he made a short trip to Italy, seeing Genoa, Florence, and Naples. The Port of Saint-Tropez, oil on canvas, 1901Signac loved sailing and began to travel in 1892, sailing a small boat to almost all the ports of France, to Holland, 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, colourful 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 watercolours 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 Andr?? Derain in particular, thus playing a decisive role in the evolution of Fauvism. As president of the Societe des Artistes Ind??pendants from 1908 until his death, Signac encouraged younger artists (he was the first to buy a painting by Matisse) by exhibiting the controversial works of the Fauves and the Cubists.

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Paul Signac Women at the Well (Young Provencal Women at the Well) (mk06) oil painting


Women at the Well (Young Provencal Women at the Well) (mk06)
1892 (Salon des Independants,1893)6' 4 3/4'' x 4' 3 1/2''(195 x 131 cm)RF 1979-5
Painting ID::  21105
Paul Signac
Women at the Well (Young Provencal Women at the Well) (mk06)
1892 (Salon des Independants,1893)6' 4 3/4'' x 4' 3 1/2''(195 x 131 cm)RF 1979-5
   
   
     

Paul Signac The Papal Palace,Avignon (mk06) oil painting


The Papal Palace,Avignon (mk06)
1900(Salon des Independants,1912) 2' 5'' x 3'(73.5 x 92.5 cm)RF 1977-323
Painting ID::  21106
Paul Signac
The Papal Palace,Avignon (mk06)
1900(Salon des Independants,1912) 2' 5'' x 3'(73.5 x 92.5 cm)RF 1977-323
   
   
     

Paul Signac Riverbank,Petit-Andely (mk09) oil painting


Riverbank,Petit-Andely (mk09)
1886 Oil on canvas,65 x 81 cm Paris,Private collection
Painting ID::  21459
Paul Signac
Riverbank,Petit-Andely (mk09)
1886 Oil on canvas,65 x 81 cm Paris,Private collection
   
   
     

Paul Signac Two Milliners Rue du Caire (mk09) oil painting


Two Milliners Rue du Caire (mk09)
c 1885/86 Oil on canvas111.8 x 89 cm Zurich,Stiftung Sammlung E.G.Buhrle
Painting ID::  21498
Paul Signac
Two Milliners Rue du Caire (mk09)
c 1885/86 Oil on canvas111.8 x 89 cm Zurich,Stiftung Sammlung E.G.Buhrle
   
   
     

Paul Signac The Port of Saint-Tropez (mk09) oil painting


The Port of Saint-Tropez (mk09)
1907 Oil on canvas,131 x 161.5 cm Essen,Museum Folkwang
Painting ID::  21499
Paul Signac
The Port of Saint-Tropez (mk09)
1907 Oil on canvas,131 x 161.5 cm Essen,Museum Folkwang
   
   
     

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     1863-1935 French Paul Signac Galleries Paul Victor Jules Signac was born in Paris on November 11, 1863. He followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a painter. He sailed around the coasts of Europe, painting the landscapes he encountered. He also painted scenes of cities in France in his 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 colours and became Seurat's faithful supporter. Under his influence he abandoned the short brushstrokes of impressionism to experiment with scientifically juxtaposed small dots of pure colour, 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 left the capital each summer, to stay in the south of France in the village of Collioure or at St. Tropez, where he bought a house and invited his friends. In March 1889, he visited Vincent van Gogh at Arles. The next year he made a short trip to Italy, seeing Genoa, Florence, and Naples. The Port of Saint-Tropez, oil on canvas, 1901Signac loved sailing and began to travel in 1892, sailing a small boat to almost all the ports of France, to Holland, 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, colourful 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 watercolours 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 Andr?? Derain in particular, thus playing a decisive role in the evolution of Fauvism. As president of the Societe des Artistes Ind??pendants from 1908 until his death, Signac encouraged younger artists (he was the first to buy a painting by Matisse) by exhibiting the controversial works of the Fauves and the Cubists.

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