Paul Signac created together with the artist Georges Seurat a new kind of painting, Divisionism. In art, however, the term Pointillism became more common. Both artists placed the pigments of pure color in countless dots next to each other. Through this technique, the colors mix before the eyes of the viewer. Paul Signac's paintings thus acquire an unclouded luminosity and begin to shimmer. His work "Das Speisezimmer (Frühstück)" shows the interplay of geometrically through-composed image composition and the representation of light. In his paintings Paul Signac liked to turn to landscapes from the surroundings of Paris. Later he was enchanted by the coast of southern France. In paintings like "Cassis, Cap Lombard, Opus 196" he captured the light of the south. Following Chevreul's color theory, Signac painted the reflections of light on the surface of the water with a multitude of colored strokes.
As an artist Paul Signac (* 11 November 1863 in Paris; † 15 August 1935 Paris) was an autodidact. In 1886 Paul Signac, Georges Seurat and Camille Pissarro as representatives of Pointillism took part in the last exhibition of the Impressionists. Their works replaced Impressionism as the avant-garde and were described as "scientific Impressionism".
Paul Signac created together with the artist Georges Seurat a new kind of painting, Divisionism. In art, however, the term Pointillism became more common. Both artists placed the pigments of pure color in countless dots next to each other. Through this technique, the colors mix before the eyes of the viewer. Paul Signac's paintings thus acquire an unclouded luminosity and begin to shimmer. His work "Das Speisezimmer (Frühstück)" shows the interplay of geometrically through-composed image composition and the representation of light. In his paintings Paul Signac liked to turn to landscapes from the surroundings of Paris. Later he was enchanted by the coast of southern France. In paintings like "Cassis, Cap Lombard, Opus 196" he captured the light of the south. Following Chevreul's color theory, Signac painted the reflections of light on the surface of the water with a multitude of colored strokes.
As an artist Paul Signac (* 11 November 1863 in Paris; † 15 August 1935 Paris) was an autodidact. In 1886 Paul Signac, Georges Seurat and Camille Pissarro as representatives of Pointillism took part in the last exhibition of the Impressionists. Their works replaced Impressionism as the avant-garde and were described as "scientific Impressionism".
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