the port of rotterdam paul signac

the port of rotterdam paul signacIn 1906, Paul Signac visited the port of Rotterdam and was greatly impressed. On a postcard with a harbor scene, he wrote: "From my window! What a work! I am enthusiastic but amazed". The following year he made this painting from a drawing that is also in the collection of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum. The combination of individual touches of paint creates shimmering light effects. The industrial atmosphere contrasts with that seen in his other

I am enthusiastic but amazed"

In search of essentiality

This painting follows an episode of which it is an account: the gesture by which he cut off his ear with a razor

Ballerinas adjusting their tutus and Dancers in pink and green

faithfully represented the ferocity of the limestone cliffs hugging the sea

It is actually a triptych entitled: "The Waiting"

In this abstract work

Paul Signac visited the port of Rotterdam and was greatly impressed

The combination of individual touches of paint creates shimmering light effects

he said that unlike spring

A masterpiece of a lifetime obsession

on the side of the woman