The Influence of St. Tropez
The beautiful St. Tropez was not a vacation spot for artists of the nineteenth century. They were painting landscapes and travelling to other parts of the world without tapping into what St. Tropez had to offer. This was a good thing for Paul Signac as he was the first Parisian artist to settle in the area. 1. The sea was very important to the artist and a way he garnered inspiration for his artwork. He frequently sailed the mediterranean coast of France which resulted in the building of a house in St. Tropez that became Signac's base of operations. 2. The influence of this amazing area is expressed with the subject and colors used throughout many of Signac’s work.
St. Tropez as seen by Signac:
Would you be inspired?
Footnotes:
1. Anne Dymond, “A Politicized Pastoral: Signac and the Cultural Geography of Mediterranean France,” The Art Bulletin no. 2 (2003): 353.
2. Robert Hughes, “Joy of Color: Long in Seurat’s Shadow, Paul Signac was a Terrific Painter in His Own Right,” Time Canada, 2001.
1. Anne Dymond, “A Politicized Pastoral: Signac and the Cultural Geography of Mediterranean France,” The Art Bulletin no. 2 (2003): 353.
2. Robert Hughes, “Joy of Color: Long in Seurat’s Shadow, Paul Signac was a Terrific Painter in His Own Right,” Time Canada, 2001.