La Rochelle, the lighthouse
1926
Paul Signac, usually famous for his painstaking Pointillist dots, completely lets his hair down in this vibrant harbor sketch. Using energetic ink outlines and loose watercolor washes, he captures the bustling masts of boats and the tall lighthouse at La Rochelle with a sense of immediate, breezy movement. The water below is a chaotic, beautiful mirror of blues, purples, and yellows, reflecting the colorful buildings and rigging above. Created during his later years when he sailed the French coast extensively, this piece shows how he used watercolors as quick, joyful studies of light and color, free from the rigid rules of his larger oil paintings.
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