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Signac, Paul
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Signac, Paul (1863–1935). French painter, printmaker, and writer. He began in the
Impressionist manner, but met
Seurat in 1884 and became an ardent disciple of his views and technical method. After Seurat's death in 1891 he was the acknowledged leader of the
Neo-Impressionist group, and in 1899 he published
D'Eugène Delacroix au néo-impressionnisme, which was long regarded as the authoritative work on the subject. The book was, however, more in the nature of a manifesto in defence of the movement than an objective history. It reflected Signac's use of more brilliant colour from about 1890, as he moved away from the scientific precision advocated by Seurat to a freer and more spontaneous manner. His work had a great influence on
Matisse, who visited him at St Tropez in 1904 (a keen yachtsman, Signac spent a good deal of time on the Mediterranean and French Atlantic coasts; harbour scenes were his favourite subjects).
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The Arts: Still watercolours run deep Was Paul Signac's passion for colour waterered down by his choice of medium? Michael Glover finds a new exhibition of his work anything but a wash-out
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...of the 40 or so works on paper by Paul Signac currently on show at the Courtauld...late works on paper - look at how Signac deals with the crowd scene in the...and overwrought by comparison. `Paul Signac: Travels in France', Courtauld...
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Paul Signac.(painting exhibition)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 3/1/2001; ; 695 words
; ...which included artists such as Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. This...He, in turn, had close links to Paul Signac, whom he met in 1884 and who became...retrospective exhibition entitled Paul Signac (1863-1935) is on view from March...
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Paul Signac (1863-1935).(Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais exhibition)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 1/1/2001; ; 572 words
; GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS The average showroom Signac, invariably post-1900, condemns the artist as an uninspired...as resonant portraits such as that of critic Felix Feneon. Signac's role in the beginnings of modernism was indisputably crucial...
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From Seurat and Signac to Mondrian and Paul Klee: A Neo-Impressionist thread that binds
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Seurat's inner circle _ Paul Signac, Camille Pissarro _ and...the age of 31, it was Signac who carried the movement...Impressionism. They were marked by Signac," Lemoine said. French...Kandinsky church scene and Paul Klee's utterly pointillist...
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Signac, Seurat's Disciple Retrospective.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 11/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...NEW YORK, Nov 26, 2001 Paul Signac is the French Neo-Impressionist...Impressionism, the Circle of Paul Signac," in the museum's...by the watercolors of Paul Cezanne. The final gallery...1935 that illustrate how Signac finally reduced Pointillism...
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Developing in reverse: Signac at the Metropolitan.
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...his happiest moments [Signac] succeeded in giving the...Meier-Graefe, Modern Art Paul Signac's achievement is not...Impressionist project that Signac led by default after Seurat...itself into the work of Paul Gauguin alone. Gauguin...
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Bowmore's Signac for auction.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 7/30/2008; 450 words
; ...his death in January 2008. The items to be sold by Mossgreen include a medium-sized paining by French impressionist Paul Signac and some Japanese ceramics. The Art Gallery of South Australia and the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery received gifts...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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In 5 years, there's been progress; Items on 1996 Mpls. St. Paul mag's wish list reach fruition.(NEWS)(The Flanagan Memo)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...look back to 1996 when Mpls.St.Paul magazine made a wish list. Item No...wanted "a reimagined downtown St. Paul," and Mayor Norm Coleman did it...museum deserved a stop because of the Paul Signac exhibit, but also due to the fact...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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RIDING THE WAVE OF MODERNISM
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Two Star P, One Star B WHAT: "Signac 1863-1935: Master Neo-Impressionist...and students $5, children free. Paul Signac (1835-1935) is chiefly remembered...creative life was cut short at 31. Signac carried on, with some deviations...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Mourning monarch's stunning memorial; The Albert Memorial. Edited by Chris Brooks (Yale, pounds 40).(Books)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/30/2000; 700+ words
; Byline: Richard Edmonds Paul Signac - Watercolours and Drawings. Essays...half bad. I have always longed for a Signac watercolour. But since that is no...which reproduces with admirable fluency Signac's flowing watercolours. A leader...
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Paul Signac
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Paul Signac French painter Paul Signac (1863-1935) was one of the leading figures of Neo-Impressionism, the school of painters that followed the Impressionists. The extraordinary quality and quantity of his artistic work, which included...
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Signac, Paul
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Signac, Paul (1863–1935). French painter...than an objective history. It reflected Signac's use of more brilliant colour from about...St-Tropez in 1904 (a keen yachtsman, Signac spent a good deal of time on the Mediterranean...
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Georges Pierre Seurat
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...postimpressionists, which included Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Paul C é zanne, and the neoimpressionists, which included Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. In particular, Seurat wished to carry the theories...
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Henri Matisse
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...divisionists (or pointillists), and Paul Gauguin's experience of primitivism...1900 to 1903, under the influence of Paul C é zanne, Matisse produced...the summer in Saint-Tropez, where Paul Signac lived. Signac bought Matisse's...
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Neo-Impressionism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...movement and far and away its outstanding artist. His friend Paul Signac was its main theoretician. The theoretical basis of Neo...early 20th centuries, notably Matisse , who worked with Signac and another Neo-Impressionist, Henri-Edmond Cross...
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