Watercolor on paper. A celebrated post impressionist and Divisionist painter, Paul Signac is known for his luminous depiction of subjects ranging from cabaret performers to seascapes. Signac is famous for his use of Divisionism (the central practice of Neo-Impressionism), a rigorous method invented in 1884 by his close friend Georges Seurat, in which colors are applied to the canvas separately in dots or dabs, blended later through the viewer's own visual process a technique Signac exploited to particularly radiant effect. Before the advent of Divisionism, Signac’s style more closely resembled the works of Pissarro, and Claude Monet's bold sense of color would in turn be an inspiration to the Fauvists, Andre Derain, and Henri Matisse, as well as Vincent Van Gogh, whom he counted among his friends.This piece has a hand written letter in French on the back dated 1906.

Fair, it has watercolor blotches down troughout the middle, needs restoration

8.5 x 12.25 x 2 in

3 lb