Le Pont du Carrousel with the Palais de Louvre in Paris, 1910.
Watercolour on paper on cardboard.
Signed and dated lower right: P. Signac 1910.
25.7 x 43.7 cm.

Provenance: Swiss private collection.

Exhibition: (probably) Paris 1911, Les Ponts de Paris - Nouvelle série d'aquarelles de Paul Signac, 23 January - 1 February 1911.

The French painter and graphic artist Paul Signac is considered a conqueror of Impressionism and was besides Georges Seurat one of the most influential artists of Neoimpressionism and Pointillism. After initially studying architecture, Signac first focused on Impressionist painting, inspired by his role model Monet. Together with his friend Geoges Seurat - founder and leading representative of Neoimpressionism - he created a completely new art movement called Pointillism. The works made in this artistic style are characterized by short, single brush strokes, whereby the actual motive only