Paul Signac

(1863–1935) fransk målare

Paul Signac (France, 1863–1935) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Paul Signac belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Paul Signac was born in 2nd arrondissement of Paris and died in 6th arrondissement of Paris. Paul Signac studied under Émile Bin. Paul Signac worked in Overschie, Rotterdam, Vlissingen, and Volendam. Wikidata associates Paul Signac with pointillism. Paul Signac became a member of Les XX and Société des Artistes Indépendants. The awards include Legion of Honour and Peintre de la Marine. The students included Lucie Cousturier and Carlos-Reymond.

The best-known works include ‘Deux stylistes Rue du Caire’, ‘Golfe Juan’, and ‘Les Démolisseurs’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, figure, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 186 works by Paul Signac with free images. The dated works span the years 1883–2000. Works by Paul Signac are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Kröller-Müller Museum, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 16 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Otto Reiniger, Hermann Pleuer, Charles Filiger, Sem, and Konstantin Kuznetsov.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• Venice, Grand Canal
• Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890
• Port de Marseilles
• Capo di Noli, near Genoa
• Au temps d'harmonie