The Wreckers
Paul Signac
1896
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 47 × 30.5 cm (18 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 56.7 × 45.5 cm (22 3/8 × 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61220
About the Artist
Paul Signac · 1863–1935
Paul Signac (1863–1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter and theorist who became the leading practitioner and champion of Pointillism after the death of Georges Seurat. Born in Paris, he was initially inspired by the Impressionists, particularly Monet, before meeting Seurat in 1884 and becoming his most devoted follower and intellectual partner in developing the systematic color theory they ...