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Paul Signac Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by Paul Signac available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas NEW! (There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco NEW!
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia 18 works by Signac
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) Many works on paper online
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW!
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NEW! Paintings collection online
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NEW! Watercolor collection online
Museum of Modern Art, New York City Includes biographical information about the artist
National Gallery, London, UK Les Andelys, The Washerwomen
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Portrait of Félix Fénéon
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, France (in French) Les dix-huit cheminées de Saint-Denis, 1933 Au temps d'harmonie, 1893-95
Paul Signac at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Antibes, le marché (The Market), 1919
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Charleston, the country home of the Bloomsbury Group, East Sussex, England
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK 2 works by or related to the artist
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Tennessee St. Briac, La Croix des Marins, 1885
E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich (Click on the title to see a specific work, then click on the image to enlarge) Sante Maria della Salute The Modistes
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma Coast Scene
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic - Provenance Research & Restitution L'Hirondelle Steamship (Seine near Samois), 1901 (item #60.608) River Landscape, 1927 (item #60.691)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland Alphabetically under "S"
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria (Hungarian National Gallery), Budapest In the time of harmony, the golden age has not passed, it is still to come, 1896
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota 5 works
Musée de Grenoble, France (in French) Illustrated letter from the artist
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Venice, 1908
Museum of Modern Art, New York City - Provenance Research Project Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing. Adagio, 1891
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland View of Golden Horn in Constantinople, 1907
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia Gasometers at Clichy
National Museum of Art of Romania Gate (Saint Tropez)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo The Port of Saint-Tropez, ca.1901
Philadelphia Museum of Art NEW!
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Catalogue (in French) La calanque, 1906
San Diego Museum of Art, California NEW!
Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"
The Albertina, Vienna Venice, The Pink Cloud, 1909
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid (Images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image) Port-en-Bessin, The Beach, 1884 Paimpol, 1925
Valtion Taidemuseo (Finnish National Gallery), Helsinki, Finland
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Railway junction near Bois-Colombes, 1885
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Harbour of Saint-Tropez, 1895
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (in German)
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German) Samois, Studie Nr.8
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German) Fischerboote
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums Port de Saint Tropez
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Art Signature Dictionary NEW!
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Paul Signac at The Athenaeum 30 works online by Signac
Paul Signac in the WebMuseum
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German) (a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
Boston College Fine Arts Department
Paul Signac at CGFA
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
Humanities Web
Olga's Gallery
PBase Photo Sharing (Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)
Rasiel's Wallpapers (Click on the size of the scan you wish to view)
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries, London, UK Archive of past displayed works which are "sold" or "not for sale"
Philippe Gambette Web Site (in French) La Voile jaune, from the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon
The Modernist Journals Project (Click "Retrieve Images" to see artworks)
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Paul Signac Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia Biographical info
Art + Auction Magazine Cassis, Cap Canaille, 1889
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide Symphonic Seas, Oceans of Liberty: Paul Signac's La Mer: Les Barques (Concarneau)
The New York Observer "The Near-Great Signac Gets Very Big Exhibit", article by Hilton Kramer
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
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Paul Signac: A Collection of Watercolours and Drawings
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