%0 Journal Article
%T Valiant, Independent, and Harmonious: Paul Signac and Neo-Impressionism after 1900
%A Dymond
%A Anne
%J RIHA Journal
%D 2012
%I 
%X Through a close reading of Parisian art criticism around 1900, this essay examines Paul Signac's role as de facto head of the neo-impressionists and guiding spirit of the Salon des Ind¨¦pendants. Signac, and the neo-impressionists generally, had suffered from the decline of the Ind¨¦pendants in the latter 1890s, but the resurgence of both group and Salon in 1901 positioned Signac as one of the most significant avant-garde artists in the early 20th century, where he played a vital role in the most significant art debates then animating Paris. Their return to prominence was due in no small measure to Signac's latest foray into the decorative, a highly charged arena that would be central to the artistic debates of the first decade of the 20th century.
%K Paul Signac
%K Salon des Ind¨¦pendants
%K neo-impressionism
%K art criticism
%K decorative
%U http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2012/2012-jul-sep/special-issue-neo-impressionism/dymond-valiant-independent-and-harmonious