Signac
Subtitle: reflections on water
By: Marina Ferretti Bocquillon ; introduction by Marco Franciolli, Sylvie Wuhrmann and Marina Ferretti Bocquillon
Contributors: Bocquillon-Ferretti, Marina, author; Franciolli, Marco, contributor; Wuhrmann, Sylvie, contributor; Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana; Fondation de l'Hermitage
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9788857234038
Subjects: French Painting; Catalogs; Exhibitions
Description: Through a selection of over 140 works, this catalog offers a first approach to Paul Signac's color harmonies along with an invitation to travel. Paul Signac's career as a painter in love with color was just as intense as it was varied. Starting from one of the largest private collections of the artist's works, this publication illustrates his creative journey from his early impressionist paintings until his final watercolors from the Ports de France series, also including the heroic years of neo-impressionism, the splendor of Saint-Tropez, and the shimmering images of Venice, Rotterdam, and Constantinople. The virtuosity of the neo-impressionist master is also reflected in the diverse techniques he used: the ardor of Signac's impressionist debut is set off against the limpid polychromies of the divisionist paintings, the daring Japonisme of his watercolors contrasts with the freedom of the sheets painted en plein air, while his large Indian ink studies reveal the secrets of calm compositions, contemplated at length in his studio.  Exhibition: Fondazione Museo d'arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Italy (04.09.2016 - 08.01.2017).
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, September 3, 2016-January 8, 2017; previously held at the Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, January 29-May 22, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-191).