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Developing in reverse: Signac at the Metropolitan.

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| December 01, 2001 | Champa, Kermit S. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In his happiest moments [Signac] succeeded in giving the modern picture--that makeshift with which we beautify our dwellings--a brilliant and even ideal form, making it a beautiful spot on the wall, that lends itself readily to a frame, and represents, if not all, yet the most valuable thing we need in a rational home--beautiful color in a beautiful form.

--Julius Meier-Graefe, Modern Art

Paul Signac's achievement is not insignificant. According to Meier-Graefe, the most sensitive and gifted critic of the art of the 1890s, Signac managed, in spite of his inconsistent production, to offer in his best work a taste of what had become aesthetically possible ...

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