Signol was born in Paris. He studied under
Blondel and
Gros. He made his
Salon debut at the
Salon of 1824 with a painting of
Joseph Recounting His Dream to His Brothers. In 1842 he painted
The Death of Saphira for the
Church of the Madeleine, and was subsequently commissioned to decorate the churches of Saint Roch, Saint Sévérin, Saint Eustace, and Saint Augustin. Four of his paintings are housed at the
Saint-Sulpice church in Paris. He was made a Knight of the
Legion of Honor in 1841, and an Officer in 1865. Elected in 1860, he held a first seat position at the
Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1862,
Pierre-Auguste Renoir studied under Signol and
Charles Gleyre across from the
École du Louvre at the
École des Beaux-Arts. Signol and Gleyre taught
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ in 1861. Signol died in
Montmorency, Val-d'Oise in 1892. == Selected works ==