The Beach at Saint-Clair

In 1891 Henri-Edmond Cross moved to the Côte d’Azur, which he glorified as an earthly paradise in his Pointillist paintings. The jewellike colors and the shimmering of the setting sun bestow a celebratory evening atmosphere on the grove of pines. The intense colors attest to Cross’s exchange with his friend Paul Signac, who also settled on the Mediterranean.