La Rochelle
1930
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View on museum website →Medium
watercolor over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 29.7 x 45.7 cm (11 11/16 x 18 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.176
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 ...