Paul Signac Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"The Port of la Rochelle"
Title: The Port of la Rochelle
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 24 x 16 in | Image Size: 20 x 12 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
Paul Victor Jules Signac, born in Paris in 1863 was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. His encounter with Impressionism, especially Monet's work, induced him to abandon his architecture studies at the age of eighteen and become a painter. In 1884 Signac helped found the Salon des Indépendants. There he met Seurat, they continued to apply pigment in minute dabs of pure colour, as had the Impressionists, but they adopted an exact, almost scientific system of applying the dots, instead of the somewhat intuitive application of the earlier masters. In watercolours Signac used the principle in a much freer manner, also experimenting with sketching, etching and various mediums. Many of Signac's paintings are of the French coast as he loved to paint the water, he sailed around the coasts of Europe, painting the landscapes he encountered. He also painted a series of watercolours of French harbour cities in later years. 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. In his later years he began writing, Signac produced much critical writing and was the author of From Eugène Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism (1899) and Jongkind (1927). The former book is an exposition of pointillism, while the latter is an insightful treatise on watercolour painting.
