Paul SIGNAC (1863-1935). Paris The Seine seen from the Pont Neuf, circa 1920. Watercolour on paper, signed. 29 x 39 cm (Mottling at the top). Provenance: Private collection from Troy.
Paul Signac came from a family of wealthy merchants, which guaranteed him financial independence. Paul Signac soon interrupted his architectural studies. It was, he would say, a visit to an exhibition of Monet's paintings in 1880 that determined his vocation as a painter.
In 1884, he met Georges SEURAT (1859-1891) and in December became a founder member of the first Salon des Indépendants.
Signac became Seurat's most enthusiastic supporter. A keen sailor, he painted seascapes in a style characterised by a mosaic of small impastos of bright, luminous colours.
After Seurat's death, he took charge of Neo-Impressionism and played a key role in its spread outside France, notably through the publication in 1899 of a theoretical synthesis entitled "D'Eugène Delacroix au néo-impressionnisme" (From Eugène Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism).
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