Paul Signac, 1893, The Bonaventure Pine, oil on canvas, 65.7 x 81 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Paul Signac (1863–1935) French painter who, with Georges Seurat, developed the technique called pointillism. When he was 18, Signac gave up the study of architecture for painting and, through Armand Guillaumin, became a convert to the colouristic principles of Impressionism. In 1884 Signac helped found the Salon des Indépendants. There he met Seurat, whom he initiated into the broken-colour technique of Impressionism.