Hotspur🏳️🌈🇺🇦 on Nostr: "Collioure, the Belltower, Opus 164," Paul Signac, 1887. I've talked about Signac ...
"Collioure, the Belltower, Opus 164," Paul Signac, 1887.
I've talked about Signac (1863-1935) before, so I wont go much into his biography, except to note that he was one of the developers of pointillism, a style where, instead of brushstrokes, the artist forms his image out of many tiny dots, like how television screens would operate in the future.
Georges Seurat is THE great pointillist, but honest, I don't care for most of his work; I find his handling of human beings clumsy and artificial. But that's a me thing. I'm not big on pointillism overall, but for Signac, I'll make some exceptions. He's done a few paintings I like that function well beyond being demonstrations of technique.
This charming scene is of the harbor of Collioure, on France's Mediterranean coast. That dramatic belltower was also once a lighthouse, which explains its position in the water. But it works well as a simple sun-drenched scene of the Mediterranean, which Signac loved and painted often.
From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
#Art #Pointillism #PaulSignac #Collioure #Mediterranean #Summer
I've talked about Signac (1863-1935) before, so I wont go much into his biography, except to note that he was one of the developers of pointillism, a style where, instead of brushstrokes, the artist forms his image out of many tiny dots, like how television screens would operate in the future.
Georges Seurat is THE great pointillist, but honest, I don't care for most of his work; I find his handling of human beings clumsy and artificial. But that's a me thing. I'm not big on pointillism overall, but for Signac, I'll make some exceptions. He's done a few paintings I like that function well beyond being demonstrations of technique.
This charming scene is of the harbor of Collioure, on France's Mediterranean coast. That dramatic belltower was also once a lighthouse, which explains its position in the water. But it works well as a simple sun-drenched scene of the Mediterranean, which Signac loved and painted often.
From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
#Art #Pointillism #PaulSignac #Collioure #Mediterranean #Summer