Saint Tropez - Original Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca. 1900 ca.

Image dimensions: 11x15.2 cm. Saint-Tropez is a wonderful and important original watercolor drawing realized by Paul Signac in 1900 ca.. A marine view with sailing ships is incredibly colored and realized by the Divisionism 's master and in very good conditions. Including a gilded wooden frame, cm 29.5 x 32. On the back the Parisian Galerie Romanet's label attached. This artwork comes with the certificate of authenticity signed by Madame Marine Ferretti (Ref 2019.04.02/3), the Director of the Musée des Impressionismes de Giverny, Head of Archives Signac and Co-author of Signac's Catalogue Raissonné. The Background: There are several anecdotes that describe Signac as an artist indissolubly linked to the sea path. Painting on the banks of the Seine, towards Asnières, he meets Vincent van Gogh. From August to October 1887, Signac moves to the south of France. He buys a new boat and spends the summer of 1888 on the north coast of Brittany, then the following year on the Mediterranean coast and visits Van Gogh, interned in Arles. From this period are the painted marinas in Cassis, on the Provencal coast. On March 29, 1891, Seurat died at the age of thirty, and this deeply mourned Signac, who therefore left Paris for the Breton coasts. In the following months he paints the Marinas of Concarneau and the Femme se coiffant, one of his masterpieces. In 1892 he left Brittany for Saint-Tropez, a small fishing port that was the first artist to discover: he spent a few months there with his wife and mother, who he would portray. This is an important period because it marks a turning point in his work. He discovers the watercolor technique and from 1894 he gives up painting en plein air. His works are increasingly colorful and the brushstrokes wider. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork.