Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris by Paul Signac

In the 1886 painting Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, Paul Signac drew from both classic Impressionism and the scientific formulation of Neo-Impressionism.

Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris by Paul Signac (oil on canvas, 18-1/4x25-7/8 inches) hangs in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Signac's pale, shimmering palette, with delicate tones of pink and violet, reveals his early admiration for the work of Claude Monet, but in Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, Paul Signac applied his pigment in the characteristic dots meant to excite the viewer's optical perceptions.

For more on Impressionist paintings, artists, and art history, see:

• Impressionism
• Vincent van Gogh
• Claude Monet

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Debra N. Mancoff, Ph.D., is an art historian and lecturer and the author of numerous books on nineteenth-century European and American paintings. She is a scholar in residence at the Newberry Library and an adjunct associate professor and adjunct lecturer at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.