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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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