Paul Signac was a political anarchist who believed deeply that social change could only be achieved in concert with absolute artistic freedom. Working alongside Georges Seurat, Signac turned to Neo-Impressionism as a path to achieve his radical goals. His rainbow-colored and neatly gestural landscapes which so often depicted the coast in St. Tropez where the artist summered, position Signac as a link between artists such as Seurat and Vincent van Gogh on the one hand and Henri Matisse on the other.
Details
- Artist Name: Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935)
- Title: St. Tropez II
- Date: 1894
- Medium: Color lithograph
- Dimensions: comp: 10-11/16 x 14-7/16 in. (27.1 x 36.7 cm); sheet: 16-11/16 x 23-11/16 in. (42.4 x 60.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Museum Purchase, Virginia R. Hampton Memorial Fund
- Accession Number: P.1968.11
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Museum
Object Information
Letters by Artists: From Rubens to Picasso
- Norton Simon Museum, 1989-06-22 to 1991-06-30
Lithographs: Daumier to Gemini, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. David Gensburg
Van Gogh to Picasso: Selected Master Prints from 1890-1960
- Norton Simon Museum, 1986-08-07 to 1987-04-26
Landscapes and Cityscapes: Prints and Drawings from the Permanent Colleciton
- Norton Simon Museum, 1995-01-19 to 1995-07-09
From Paris to Pasadena: An Overview of Color Lithography, 1890-1975
- Norton Simon Museum, 2000-10-04 to 2001-01-15
Selections from the Permanent Collection
- Pasadena Art Museum, 1971-07-13 to 1971-09-19
Image reproduction permission may be granted for scholarly or arts related commercial use. All image requests, regardless of their intended purpose, should be submitted via the reproduction request form.
Images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Additional permission may be required.
Approved requests for the reproduction of an image will receive a contract detailing all fees and conditions of use of the image. Upon receipt of both the signed contract and full payment, the Office of Rights and Reproductions will provide the image. A complimentary copy of the published material must be provided to the Norton Simon Museum.