place des lices saint tropez paul signac

place des lices saint tropez paul signacPaul Signac particularly enjoyed exploring the seashores and ports of the Mediterranean coast. When he discovered Saint Tropez in 1892, he suddenly became attached to this small fishing village and bought a house there which he quickly made his studio. He enjoyed this region, painting several pointillist pictures of it, including The Port of St Tropez for example. Do you want to buy another painting by Paul Signac? Discover all our reproductions of

the man his painter friends affectionately called "Father Tanguy"

It is common for the artist to centre his works around a particular colour

such as The blue dancers and Dancers in pink

This personal and soothing retranscription of Vincent Van Gogh is done essentially by a chromatic construction based on the contrast of colors that allows to find the constant intensity emanating from his works

seeks only to keep the essential: the gravity of the confrontation between these two characters

This multiform work is an invitation from the artist to consider the Iron Lady as a work of art in its own right

The Argenteuil bridge was represented seven times by Claude Monet

The many colors of this composition as well as the superposition of forms make the space infinite while creating abstraction

We witness the tension between two diagonals punctuated by checkerboards

suggested by a drawing more and more cursive which confers to the painting a surprising expressive value

give the feeling of a certain benevolence

The background of the painting