Paul Signac - La Rochelle, Leaving the harbourg - Johannesburg Art Gallery
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Paul Signac (1863–1935) French painter who, with Georges Seurat, developed the technique called pointillism. When he was 18, Signac gave up the study of architecture for painting and, through Armand Guillaumin, became a convert to the colouristic principles of Impressionism. In 1884 Signac helped found the Salon des Indépendants. There he met Seurat, whom he initiated into the broken-colour technique of Impressionism.
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Date
1935
Source
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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public domain