Harbor in Holland - Flushing (La balise - En Holland, Flessingue)
Paul Signac
c. 1894
Medium
etching in blue-green on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.8 x 22.3 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 26.2 x 32.7 cm (10 5/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.81.1
About the Artist
Paul Signac · 1863–1935
Paul Signac (1863–1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter and theorist who became the leading practitioner and champion of Pointillism after the death of Georges Seurat. Born in Paris, he was initially inspired by the Impressionists, particularly Monet, before meeting Seurat in 1884 and becoming his most devoted follower and intellectual partner in developing the systematic color theory they ...