1894
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Buoy (La bouée) is a 1894 ink by Paul Signac, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a bright, busy harbor scene. The water is dotted with yellow and blue specks, like tiny dots of light. In the distance, ships and buildings are outlined in bold reds and yellows, but they’re not sharp—they look soft and wavy. The artist used only six colors to make the whole thing. That’s unusual for a painting this lively. Check out lithography to see how artists make prints with just a few colors.
Paul Victor Jules Signac ( seen-YAHK, French: ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, with Georges Seurat, helped develop the artistic technique Pointillism.
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