Signac Rainbow, Venice 1905 It may seem a little late to post my review of the Paul Signac exhibition which took place at the Musée Jacquemart André in July 2021. However the exhibition contained many works in private hands so it is an opportunity to 'air' them here. Furthermore, Pointillist works are to be seen in many museums worldwide. In Paris there are plenty on view in the Musée d'Orsay, where the late founding director was Signac's grand daughter (art historian Françoise Cachin). Pointillist paintings provoke admiration for their singular shimmering quality- ideal for rendering water scenes- or occasionally criticism for being tedious 'dotty' paintings. The Pointillist circle of artists developed from Seurat to Signac and Pissarro to several Northern artists whose work we may discover here. Belgium became the secondary foyer of the avant- garde style. A prime example is Théo Van Rysselberghe, one of the leading Belgian artists. Born in Gand and educat...