Sunday, August 2, 2015

Breaking rules 3: Paul Signac & the neo-impressionists

Was trying to recall Georges Seurat's  name when I was pointed to Paul Signac.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac


By deconstructing painting (and portraying things with dots or points) he helped set the direction for neo-impressionsists as well as dot-matrix and ink jet printers, perhaps?


I particularly like the following image for its highly stylised background that reminds me of modern graphic design.





Artist
Title
Deutsch: Portrait Félix Fénéon
English: Portrait of Félix Fénéon
Date
Medium oil on canvas, enamel of a rhythmic background of measures and angles, shades and colors
Dimensions 73.5 x 92.5 cm