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Paul SIGNAC (1863-1935). "Groix". Watercolor and pencil on paper titled lower right. Apocryphal signature. About 1923. Height : 22 cm 22 cm - Width : 30 cm (slight insolation) A certificate of authenticity of Mrs Marina Feretti dated October 31, 2022 will be given to the buyer. Provenance : - Gallery, Léon Marseille, Paris. - Catalan collection. Trained by the academic painter Emile Bin, Paul Signac was an early admirer of Impressionist creations. Asserting himself as the historical continuator of the movement, Signac founded the Salon des Indépendants alongside Albert Dubois-Pillet, Odilon Redon and Georges Seurat. With Seurat and supported by the critic Félix Fénéon, they developed a scientific approach to color and conceptualized neo-impressionism. At the dawn of the 20th century, Signac freed himself from this touch and, encouraged by Camille Pissarro, developed the spontaneous technique of watercolor. Paul Signac was passionate about port life. He often sailed on the waters of Brittany and the French Riviera, creating colorful compositions in which the artist played with the lines of the masts and sails. He was appointed official painter of the Navy in 1915. He owned about thirty boats during his lifetime, and his maritime attraction reached its peak between 1929 and 1931. With the financial support of Gaston Lévy, co-founder of the Monoprix store, Paul Signac began the ambitious series of "Ports de France". The artist undertook a journey throughout the country to paint one hundred ports, covering the shores of the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the Atlantic. In the manner of Joseph Vernet in his "Views of the ports of France" commissioned by Louis XV in 1753, Paul Signac is rooted in the long artistic tradition of maritime representations. With two watercolors painted per port, one for the artist and one for his patron, the works serve as pages from a traveler's journal. Signac calls himself a "Baroudeur-Aquarelliste-trotteur". It was during a visit to the island of Groix, a Breton island of barely 15 km2, that the painter produced this watercolor. The island is a regular destination of the artist. An essential stop on his 1929 journey, he depicted its lighthouses and ships several times in 1923 in watercolor on paper, but also in 1925 in a neo-impressionist oil painting. It is here the marina that is illustrated with a lively pencil line, enhanced by a loose touch of soft yet vibrant colors.
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Paul SIGNAC (1863-1935). "Groix". Watercolor and pencil on paper titled lower right. Apocryphal signature. About 1923. Height : 22 cm 22 cm - Width : 30 cm (slight insolation) A certificate of authenticity of Mrs Marina Feretti dated October 31, 2022 will be given to the buyer. Provenance : - Gallery, Léon Marseille, Paris. - Catalan collection. Trained by the academic painter Emile Bin, Paul Signac was an early admirer of Impressionist creations. Asserting himself as the historical continuator of the movement, Signac founded the Salon des Indépendants alongside Albert Dubois-Pillet, Odilon Redon and Georges Seurat. With Seurat and supported by the critic Félix Fénéon, they developed a scientific approach to color and conceptualized neo-impressionism. At the dawn of the 20th century, Signac freed himself from this touch and, encouraged by Camille Pissarro, developed the spontaneous technique of watercolor. Paul Signac was passionate about port life. He often sailed on the waters of Brittany and the French Riviera, creating colorful compositions in which the artist played with the lines of the masts and sails. He was appointed official painter of the Navy in 1915. He owned about thirty boats during his lifetime, and his maritime attraction reached its peak between 1929 and 1931. With the financial support of Gaston Lévy, co-founder of the Monoprix store, Paul Signac began the ambitious series of "Ports de France". The artist undertook a journey throughout the country to paint one hundred ports, covering the shores of the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the Atlantic. In the manner of Joseph Vernet in his "Views of the ports of France" commissioned by Louis XV in 1753, Paul Signac is rooted in the long artistic tradition of maritime representations. With two watercolors painted per port, one for the artist and one for his patron, the works serve as pages from a traveler's journal. Signac calls himself a "Baroudeur-Aquarelliste-trotteur". It was during a visit to the island of Groix, a Breton island of barely 15 km2, that the painter produced this watercolor. The island is a regular destination of the artist. An essential stop on his 1929 journey, he depicted its lighthouses and ships several times in 1923 in watercolor on paper, but also in 1925 in a neo-impressionist oil painting. It is here the marina that is illustrated with a lively pencil line, enhanced by a loose touch of soft yet vibrant colors.
