Paul Signac was born in Paris into a family of a well-to-do master harness-maker. He began to paint in 1880 and was initially influenced by Claude Monet and Guillaumin. In 1883 the young artist attended the free studio of Siegfried Bing (1838-1905). Energetic and sociable, Signac actively participated in foundation of the Société des Artistes Indépendants, a juryless exhibiting society, in 1884. Around 1885, he came into close contact with a group of younger artists, including George Seurat, Maximilien Luce, Henri-Edmond Cross and Theo van Rysselberghe, who set forth the aesthetic and technical creed of Neo-Impressionism (also called Pointillism or Divisionism).
1883. Oil on canvas. 73 x 91.5 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1883. Oil on canvas. 32.5 x 46.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
1884. Oil on canvas. 35 x 27 cm. Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France.
c.1885/86. Oil on canvas. 111.8 x 89 cm. Foundation E.G. Bührle collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
c.1886/87. Oil on canvas. 89 x 115 cm. Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, the Netherlands.Kröller-Müller.
1886. Oil on canvas. 33 x 47 cm. Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK.
1886. Oil on canvas. 65 x 81 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
1889. Oil on canvas. 33 x 55 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
c.1892-93. Oil on wood. Collection of Otto Krebs, Holzdorf. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1890. Oil on canvas. 73.5 x 92.5 cm. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA. . Read Note.
1890. Oil on canvas. 24.5 x 15 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1892. Oil on canvas. 195 x 131. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1892. Oil on canvas. 59 x 70 cm. Private collection.
1895. Oil on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1896-1899. Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France.
1900. Oil on canvas. 73.5 x 92.5 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1904. Oil on canvas. 65 x 81 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1906. Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1909. Oil on wood. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
1921. Oil on canvas. 130 x 162 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Signac: 1863-1935 by Susan Alyson Stein, Marina Ferretti-Bocquillon, Anne Distel, John Leighton. Yale Univ Pr, 2001.
Paul Signac: A Collection of Watercolors and Drawings by Marina Bocquillon-Ferretti, Charles Cachin, Townsend Wolfe. Harry N Abrams, 2000.
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