Paul Signac (1863-1935) | Art Quotes

• "Art is a creation of a higher order than a copy of nature which is governed by chance..."- Paul Signac

• "The art of the colorist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music". - Paul Signac

• "Divisionism is a complex system of harmony, an aesthetic rather than a technique". - Paul Signac

• "The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future". - Paul Signac

• "The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions". - Paul Signac

Paul Signac (1863-1935) Neo-Impressionist painter

Paul Victor Jules Signac (11 November 1863 - 15 August 1935) was a French🎨 Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style.

Paul Signac was born in Paris. He followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a painter after attending an exhibit of Monet's work.

He sailed around the coasts of Europe, painting the landscapes he encountered.

He also painted a series of watercolors of French harbor cities in later years.

Cao Yong, 1962 | Tibet painter

Chinese artist Cao Yong 曹勇 spent a year alone in the mountains of Tibet, and the paintings he produced were exhibited in Beijing in early 1989.

Cao Yong's canvases evoke the essence of some of the most delightful places on earth. Although Cao Yong was formally educated in China, the artist achieved maturity during seven years of self-exile in Tibet.

Then he left for Japan, where he quickly became that nation's most honored muralist. Later, he immigrated to America, in this nation know for her freedom of expression, Cao Yong has transferred to an artist who dedicates to the love of nature and passion for life through artwork.

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Henry Moret (1856-1913)

Henry Moret was born in Cherbourg, Normandy, the son of a garrison officer. A gentle, thoughtful man and an indefatigable worker, Henry Moret discovered Brittany during his military service in 1875.

Having trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in the studios of Gérôme🎨 and Laurens in Paris, Moret went to Brittany in 1881, staying at Le Pouldu near Pont Aven. For the rest of his life he divided his time between Paris and Brittany, painting the landscape and rugged coastline.

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Constantine Paul Lafargue (1729-1782)

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

MoMa - Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky🎨 /Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 - 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter🎨 and art theorist.

Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art🎨.

Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school.

He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession - he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat - Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.