Signac

[ see-nyak ]

/ siˈnyak /

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noun

Paul

[pawl], /pɔl/, 1863–1935, French painter.

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Words nearby Signac

sigmoid vein, Sigmund, sign, signa, signable, Signac, signage, signal, signal board, signal box, signal corps

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How to use Signac in a sentence

He never kept to the spots that Signac and Seurat had given him.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
The result of this study was, as Signac tells us, his “judicious and166 fertile theory of contrasts.”
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
The same idea rules in all the work of Paul Signac, who has painted some portraits and numerous landscapes.
The French Impressionists (1860-1900)|Camille Mauclair
In this haphazard choice of a red Signac detected slovenliness.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright

Georges Seurat and Paul Signac were the promoters of this research.
The French Impressionists (1860-1900)|Camille Mauclair

British Dictionary definitions for Signac

Signac

/ (French siɲak) /

noun

Paul (pɔl). 1863–1935, French neoimpressionist painter, influenced by Seurat

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