Paul Signac Biography

Paul Signac was a French postimpressionist painter who was born in Paris and

was one of the originators of the technique known as pointillism. In 1884 Signac began

associating with French painter Georges Seurat, and by his influence Signac

abandoned painting with short brushstrokes and started experimenting with

scientifically arranged dots of pure color. His fame led him to meet with many different

Paul Signac was born in 1863 and began to paint in 1880. He attended the

Academy of Bing in 1883 and became interested in Monet’s style. In 1884 he was

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Dans ses paysages il a les contrastes de la luminiere et de l’ombre, il recree ce qu’il

voit a traversson emotion immediat.

Signac’s association with Seurat convinced him to drop the paintbrush with the

short brushstrokes and to pick up pointillism. J’aime ses panteurs parce-que se sont plus-interesants. His work presented contrasting colors, and he recreated what he

saw with immediate emotion. He urged him to start painting with scientifically juxtaposed dots of

pure color pigment to create a larger overall effect of the work on the consumer. In 1887 he went with Seurat

to Brussels and for the first time visited the Mediterranean. The style was a development of

impressionist color theories. Pointillism is a late

19th-century method of painting, consisting of depositing small dots or strokes of pure

color on the canvas. In 1888 he exhibited for the

first time with Les XX in Brussels.

Paul Signac’s work was becoming popular among the better artists of the time,

and caused him to have many influential acquaintances. a

co-founder of the Independents and became friendly with Seurat. In 1889 he visited van Gogh at Arles.

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