Port-en-Bessin

Like his role model Claude Monet, Paul Signac painted this beach scene outdoors in front of the motif. The sea and cliffs are indicated with rhythmic, long brushstrokes. Over the following years, Signac and his colleague Georges Seurat developed a radically new painting style, Pointillism. They juxtaposed individual dots of paint that were to mix in the eye of the beholder.