The Town Beach, Collioure, Opus 165 (Collioure. La Plage de la ville. Opus 165), Paul Signac, 1887

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The Town Beach, Collioure, Opus 165 (Collioure. La Plage de la ville. Opus 165), 1887, Oil on canvas, 24 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. ( x 80 cm), Paintings, Paul Signac (French, Paris 1863–1935 Paris), Beginning in 1886, Signac worked in the Neoimpressionist style, layering dots and dashes of paint to create optical colored effects. Viewed closely, the eye registers the tiny brush marks of pigment as detached; viewed from a distance, however, the eye blends the colors and they appear as larger, cohesive forms

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