Symphony of Colors: Paul Signac and Neo-Impressionism

Achieving the highest degree of luminosity and harmony – this was Paul Signac's goal when he introduced a new painting style to art in the mid-1880s, together with Georges Seurat. The application of pure colors in short brushstrokes and dabs followed in the footsteps of their predecessors, the Impressionists. With his interest in Symbolist literature, music, and architecture, Signac focused on the synergies between the arts.

The exhibition illuminates Signac's artistic work, from the early coastal landscapes of the passionate sailor, through his interior and portrait paintings, to the socially utopian images of the Côte d'Azur, which he discovered as a treasure trove of motifs for modernism. It examines his central role within the Neo-Impressionist movement and explores his influence as a leading theorist, collector, and patron, as well as his work as a networker, teacher, and exhibition organizer, whose impact extended as far as Belgium and Germany.

Around 30 works by Signac are in dialogue with paintings by Lucie Cousturier, Henri-Edmond Cross, Curt Herrmann, Maximilien Luce, Camille Pissarro, Théo van Rysselberghe, Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange, Georges Seurat, Jan Toorop, and others. The exhibition includes loans from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; the Musée d'Orsay, Paris; the Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva; the Archives Signac, Paris; and other national and international collections.

An exhibition by the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, and the Kunsthal Rotterdam.



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