Signac, Portrait of Felix Fenèon

Paul Signac, 1890, Portrait of Felix Fenèon, Oil on Canvas, Expressionist, Neo-Impressionism

Signic uses the same pointilist technique of Seurat . However, as a symbolist he is interested in expressive abstractions. He is attached to aestheticism. The stylized decorations echo the art noveau movement. There is an emphasis on originality and enhanced subjectivity and figuration is combined with abstraction.

There is an emphasis on the inner dream world and on interpreting artistic symbols. The depiction of an art critic reveals the development of a specialized inner circle around art.