Antibes, le marché (The Market), 1919 © 2000 Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris
Paul Signac
With a gift from Mr. James T. Dyke in 1999, the Arkansas Arts Center has become the largest single repository for the drawings of this 19th century Neo-Impressionist. Together with fellow Frenchman Georges Seurat, Signac championed the Divisionist technique as a response to the work of the early Impressionists, including Degas and Monet. Through the Arts Center's collection of over 130 watercolors and drawings, visitors can accurately examine Paul Signac's output starting with an early pen and black ink of A Norman Harbor from 1882 and ending more than 50 years later in 1935 with a watercolor from Corsica entitled Ajaccio. In between there are works such as For the Vultures, a powerful commentary on the beating death of a young soldier. All totaled, the drawings range from intimate charcoals, bold ink washes, pen and ink work to brilliant watercolors of still life, landscapes, rivers, ports, markets and villages. The works debuted in the Grand Opening exhibition Paul Signac: A Collection of Watercolors and Drawings (February 19 - April 9, 2000). The exhibition travels to selected museums in the United State and Europe. Then the works return as to a permanent gallery specially designed to display the work.
  
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