Tag: Mediterranean

Saint-Tropez (c.1893)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint-Tropez c.1893 Oil and graphite on panel, 18.8 x 27.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle in this remote Mediterranean fishing village. He sought ‘sky,…

Antibes (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes 1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.4 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In early 1888, Claude Monet travelled to the south of France where he spent several months capturing the intense colours and atmosphere of the Mediterranean.…

Vue de Bordighera (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vue de Bordighera (View of Bordighera) 1884 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.8 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bordighera 1884 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     See also: • Bordighera (Italia)

Bordighera (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bordighera 1884 Oil on canvas, 65 × 80.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Early in 1884 Claude Monet traveled to Bordighera, a town on the Italian Riviera near the border between Italy and France, for a working visit…

Collioure, le clocher (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Collioure, le clocher, Opus 164 (Collioure, the Belltower, Opus 164) 1887 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Autodidact Paul Signac actually wanted to be a writer, but after seeing the impressionist paintings of Claude…