1951 French Exhibition Poster - P. Signac, Musée National d'Art Moderne

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Date: 1951
Size: 18.25 x 25 inches
Artist: Signac, Paul

About The Poster: Poster of an exhibition of works by … Read more Date: 1951
Size: 18.25 x 25 inches
Artist: Signac, Paul

About The Poster: Poster of an exhibition of works by Paul Signac held at Musée d'Art Moderne in 1951. The poster is unlined and in overall very good condition with some minor staining and a small tear (please see photos).

About the Artist: Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. He followed a course of training in architecture before, at the age of 18, deciding to pursue a career as a painter, after attending an exhibit of Monet's work. He sailed on the Mediterranean Sea, visiting the coasts of Europe and painting the landscapes he encountered. In later years, he also painted a series of watercolours of French harbour cities.

In 1884 he met Cluade Monet and Georges Seurat. He was struck by the systematic working methods of Seurat and by his theory of colours and he became Seurat's faithful supporter, friend, and heir with his description of Neo-Impressionism and Divisionism method. Under Seurat's influence he abandoned the short brushstrokes of Impressionism to experiment with scientifically-juxtaposed small dots of pure colour, intended to combine and blend not on the canvas, but in the viewer's eye, the defining feature of Pointillism.

The Mediterranean coast is a major theme across Signac's paintings. He left the capital each summer, to stay in the south of France in the village of Collioure or at St. Tropez, where he bought a house and invited his friends. He envisioned the south of France as the perfect location for a future anarchist utopia. (Wikipedia) See less