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Paul Signac : "Herblay. Brouillard. Opus 208" - 1889 - Huile sur toile (Exposition "Peindre la nature" Paysages impressionnistes du musée d'Orsay - MuBa Tourcoing)
Artist || Vincent van Gogh (1853 in The Netherlands - 1890 in France)
Title || Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières) (1887)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 60 cm
Exhibitor || Art Institute of Chicago
www.artic.edu/artworks/109314/fishing-in-spring-the-pont-...
The setting of this work is the river Seine at the Clichy Bridge near Asnières, a suburb north of Paris where Vincent van Gogh painted on several occasions with his friend and fellow artist Paul Signac. Van Gogh was inspired by Signac and Georges Seurat, both of whose work is on view nearby. Their technique, called divisionism, used science-based theories of color, which they applied in individual strokes to maximize luminosity. Although Van Gogh was only in Paris working among these artists for about two years, their influence can be seen here in his use of small brushstrokes of pure, brilliant color that combine to create the effect of light reflecting off the various surfaces represented in the composition.
AIC645
Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones and Tints, Portrait of M. Felix Feneon in 1890; oil on canvas. The Orphists turned to several pivotal thinkers from the 19th century in their study of color theory. Vital among them was the Neo-Impressionist author and painter Paul Signac, whose Portrait of Felix Feneon in 1890 epitomizes his application of contrasting complementary colors based on the principles of the earlier 19th century chemist M.E. Chevreul. Signac's highly stylized likeness of art critic, gallerist, and Neo-Impressionist champion Feneon, composed of adjacent brushstrokes of distinct hues, presages Orphism with its rhythmic vibratory visual effects and swirling abstracted background. Signac saw analogies between music and painting, and titled is works with musical terms such as "opus" (a composition or set of compositions), another practice that would influence Orphist painters.
Paul Signac, né à Paris le 11 novembre 1863, où il meurt le 15 août 1935, est un artiste peintre paysagiste français proche du mouvement libertaire, qui donna naissance au pointillisme avec le peintre Seurat. Il a aussi mis au point la technique du divisionnisme. Cofondateur avec Seurat de la Société des artistes indépendants dont il fut président, il est ami avec Victor Dupont, peintre fauve et vice-président du Salon.
Artist | Paul Signac (1863-1935 in France)
Title | Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval (1886)
oil on canvas
60 x 92 cm
Exhibitor | Art Institute of Chicago
www.artic.edu/artworks/122130/les-andelys-cote-d-aval
This view of the harbor of Les Andelys, a village on the Seine River near Giverny, France, is part of Paul Signac’s first series of works painted in dots and dashes of contrasting colors. The technique, called pointillism, was originated by Signac’s friend Georges Seurat. Signac would prove to be the most ardent proponent of this style, which he made his own through particular attention to geometric form. Here, for example, a triangular patch of blue creates a curve in the river, while an expanse of trapezoids in the background defines the cultivated hill.
AIC633
Musee d'Orsay
Paul Signac
Femmes au puits. Opus 238
1892
Huile sur toile
H. 194,5 ; L. 130 cm avec cadre H. 204 ; L. 140,3 ; EP. 4 cm
Achat, 1979