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SIGNAC Paul
SIGNAC (1863 - 1935)
Born in Paris, Paul Signac was spotted early by Guillaumin. He joined the Indépendents in 1884 and took part in the 19th Impressionist exhibition alongside Degas, Pissaro, Gauguin and Seurat. He joined the Pointillist movement with Seurat and wrote a book on the breakdown of light in colored elements. “D’Eugène Delacroix au Néo-Impressionnisme”.
He traveled a great deal back and forth from La Rochelle to Marseille. He visited Venice and Constantinople.
In 1892, he sailed to Saint Tropez, a town that Guy de Maupassant had often spoken of. He arrived after eight years of trying to impose the aesthetic quality of Neo-Impressionism as a step beyond Impressionism. A quasi-scientific approach, the precise observation of color phenomena enables you to reach a desired effect.
Five years after coming to Saint Tropez, Signac purchased the “La Hune” villa. In 1913, he settled down in Antibes. Henri Matisse would later write: “I met two divisionism theorists in Saint Tropez: Signac and Cross.” Signac’s Pointillist influence in the early 20th century would be a determining factor. He adopted Seurat’s Pointillism, making it his own, even writing a book on the subject: “D’Eugène Delacroix au Néo-Impressionnisme”.
Until the end of his life, Signac would set his easel up all over the French territory. Signac’s work is mainly devoted to landscapes, but one can also find interiors with a deep intimate flavor. One usually classifies Signac’s work into two periods: the first, when the artist fills the canvas with tiny dabs of pure color. The second period, from 1920, is comprised of a plethora of rectangular shapes that tend to blur the overall vision of the piece.
An international market value for an artist who is always present in major modern art exhibitions.
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