Notre-Dame de la Garde (La Bonne Mère), Marseille
After visiting Marseille in late 1905, Signac proceeded to paint two canvases in his studio: one showing the entrance to the port and this view, facing the hill surmounted by Notre-Dame de la Garde, the church nicknamed the "Good Mother" by seamen. Bright and boldly colored, the composition reflects Signac's contact with the artists Henri-Edmond Cross and Matisse at Saint-Tropez in the summer of 1904. The rectangular strokes of unmixed pigment, arranged like tesserae in a mosaic, are Signac’s variation on the innovative painting method pioneered by Seurat.
Artwork Details
- Title: Notre-Dame de la Garde (La Bonne Mère), Marseille
- Artist: Paul Signac (French, Paris 1863–1935 Paris)
- Date: 1905–6
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 35 x 45 3/4 in. (88.9 x 116.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lehman, 1955
- Object Number: 55.220.1
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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