| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Signac, Paul |
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(p l s nyäk´) (KEY) , 1863–1935, French neoimpressionist painter. First influenced by Monet, he was later associated with Seurat in developing the divisionist technique. Interested in the science of color, he painted with a greater intensity and with broader strokes than Seurat. In such vigorous, colorful works as Port of St. Tropez (1916; Brooklyn Mus., New York City) Signac broke through the confines of neoimpressionist theory. He wrote a treatise, D’Eugène Delacroix au néo-impressionisme (1889), long considered the foremost work on the school. | 1 | | See study by his granddaughter, Françoise Cachin (tr. 1973). | 2 |
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