Evening Calm, Concarneau, Opus 220 (Allegro Maestoso)

As Georges Seurat’s most ardent follower, Paul Signac steadfastly promoted the principles of Neo-Impressionism all his life. Adopting Seurat’s system of color harmony, Signac argued for the meticulous application of precise hues in separate strokes of paint across the canvas, a technique he said evoked “brilliantly colored lights.” This painting is one of five related images of fishing boats near the French town of Concarneau, in Brittany. Signac endowed his Concarneau paintings with musical sub-titles, suggesting a symphonic arrangement.

(Source:The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art)