As tried by Pissarro, Degas, Carl Larsson, Gauguin, Anders Zorn, Charles Conder, and Louis Welden Hawkins.
Pissarro
A close friend of Pissarro, he painted in company with him, CĂ©zanne, and Guillaumin in the country close to Pontoise, but stopped exhibiting after 1881.
A French Impressionist, he painted alongside Pissarro and CĂ©zanne, and was key in introducing Pissarro to Seurat and Neo-Impressionism.
A short survey of his major paintings, with links to detailed articles in this series. From his early Impressionism to being leader of Neo-Impressionism after the death of Georges Seurat.
The experience of colour in our buildings, indoor environments, clothing and objects we look at has changed. What used to be a privilege of class is now all but universal.
After a month in Venice he had amassed 200 watercolour studies which were to keep him busy for the next two years painting shimmering views of the city.
In some populations, as many as one in ten men has significant colour vision deficiency. What effect does that have on how they perceive paintings?
Deaths of Van Gogh and Georges Seurat. Signac’ unsuccessful interiors, and his far more popular landscapes.
During 1888-89, he started sailing his boat, the ‘Tub’, on the River Seine, and visited the coast. He moved from industrial views to those of rivers, the sea and watersports.
In the Spring, he changed style to Pointillism, then spent the summer at Les Andelys, where he painted a series of fine views, before ‘The Dining Room’, a masterly interior.
The Eclectic Light Company 