Paul Signac: A Collection of Watercolours and Drawings

Paul Signac: A Collection of Watercolours and Drawings by Ferretti Bocquillon, Marina. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810943667.

A leader in the Neo-Impressionist movement, the French painter Paul Signac (1863-1935) is best known for the intense color effects in his oil landscapes and marine canvases. However, it is in his largely unknown graphic works on paper-the precise black-and-white sketches and fluid watercolors that filled his sketchbooks, and that are published here for the first time-that his evolution as an artist emerges. This catalogue raisonn-designed to accompany the first exhibition of 133 of Signacs watercolors and drawings-is the only book in print on this well-loved artist. Presenting Signacs graphic oeuvre in its entirety, the stunning volume serves as a visual diary, tracing his life, his travels, and his artistic explorations, capturing his passion for boats and water, and providing a new understanding of this important artist. 157 illustrations, 140 in full color, 11 x 93_4" MARINA FERRETTI BOCQUILLON has organized many international exhibitions on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. She is the author of several essays and previous catalogues on Signac, as well as many articles on 19th-century art. CHARLES CACHIN, a physician, contributes insights gleaned both as the artists son-in-law and from his lifelong interest in Signacs work. TOWNSEND WOLFE is director and chief curator of the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Feb. 19-Apr. 9, 1999