Viviers
1928
Paul Signac, usually famous for his meticulous tiny dots of color, switches gears here with a loose, breezy watercolor sketch of the French town of Viviers. Painted in 1928, the scene captures a lone figure in blue strolling down a winding street toward a towering white structure that dominates the skyline. The colors—splashes of purple, blue, and green—feel almost like a quick memory of a sunny afternoon rather than a detailed photograph. It shows how Signac loved to capture the essence of a place quickly, likely while on one of his many sailing trips along the coast.
- Technique
- Watercolor and pencil