Paul Signac Essay

Paul Victor Jules Signac was a Neo-Impressionist painter who developed the Pointillist style with help from George Seurat. Paul Signac was born November 11, 1863. He was born in Paris, France. When Signac started going to school, he followed a course for architecture and at the age of 18, he decided that he wanted to become a painter instead of being an architect. Signac decided to become a painter after he paid a visit to Monet’s art gallery. When Signac decided to become a painter, he sailed around the coast of Europe and painted all of the landscapes he encountered. He also painted a series of watercolor cities in France in his later years.

When Paul Signac was 21 years old, he met Claude Monet and George Seurat. He was amazed by Seurat’s work, his style, and the way he used various amounts of colors. Paul then became Seurat’s most faithful supporter and followed him in everything he did from then on. Under his influence, Signac left behind the

Then in 1897, the Signac’s moved to a new apartment in the Castel Beranger and then a little while later, bought a house in Saint Tropez, there he had a huge studio constructed. Also in the year 1892, Signac began a sail around along all of the ports of France, Holland, and the Mediterranean. When Signac returned, he brought back with him numerous bright, colorful watercolors sketched quickly from nature. Out of these small paintings, he created large studio canvases that are worked out carefully in small medley like squares of color, quite different from the tiny, multicolored dots previously used by Seurat. Signac was an avid sailor and enjoyed travel. He spent summers in various parts of France, from Brittany to the Mediterranean Coast. He also made trips to Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. In 1891, saddened by the death of Seurat, Signac left Paris, moving to Saint-Tropez on the French