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Paul Signac
French painter (1863–1935)
Paul Victor Jules Signac (seen-YAHK,[1]French:[pɔlsiɲak]; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionistpainter who, with Georges Seurat, helped develop the artistic technique Pointillism.
Biography
Paul-Victor-Jules Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863.
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His parents wanted him to study architecture but, as he said, his preference was to draw the Seine. He was particularly affected by an 1880 exhibition of Claude Monet's work. Signac began boating.
In 1884 he met Claude Monet and Georges Seurat.
He was struck by the systematic working methods of Seurat and by his theory of colors and he became Seurat's faithful supporter, friend, and heir with his description of Neo-Impressionism and Divisionism method.[4] Under Seurat's influence he abandoned the short brushstrokes of Impressionism to experiment with scientifically-juxtaposed small dots of pure color, intended to combine