Monday, September 7, 2009

Pine Woods, St.-Tropez


This painting was done by Paul Signac in 1892 with oil paints. I was drawn to this painting because of it's use of divisionism, an off shoot of pointillism developed by Signac. In divisionism, however, the goal is is not that the colors blend together as in pointillism but that each dot of paint is meant to be it's own single entity. This creates a beautiful and colorful image that forces your eyes to continually move throughout the painting. Instead of using a darker or lighter shade of a certain color to create value, Signac uses a completely different color to create shadows. For example, on the pine trees, instead of using a darker shade of green, Signac uses a dark blue to show depth within the trees. The colors in no way meld in my eye and I can see a tree but it is made up of blue, yellow, red, purple, as well as the more obvious green.
While I am not usually drawn to landscapes, the painting style turned something that, to me, is fairly boring, into a beautiful, eye-popping piece of art.
That's all for now!
Tara

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