Together with George Seurat Paul Signac was the major force behind Neo-impressionism, both on an…

Together with George Seurat Paul Signac was the major force behind Neo-impressionism, both on an artistic and a theoretical level. After the anti-academic impressionists, Signac reintroduced science to painting and sought to refine what the former had pioneered, namely the depiction of everyday scenes: by its very nature Pointillism involves a lot more precision and patience and Signac added to it…