Frame of the Week

• In the early months of 1897, Paul Signac wrote to his friend Henri Edmond Cross saying that he had painted several pictures in Mont Saint-Michel, and that the best were studies of the varying weather effects.

• In 2004, one painting in this set, Mist and Sun, was sold for almost ￡600,000 GBP.

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• Paul Signac, along with Georges Seurat, is credited with developing the pointillism technique. Instead of using traditional brushstrokes, Signac applied small, distinct dots or strokes of pure color to the canvas. These dots of color, when viewed from a distance, blend together in the viewer's eye, creating a vibrant and luminous effect.

Fame of the Week

• This rare painting was sold for almost ￡8M pounds on July 5th 2023.

• The subject of Pentecost is taken from Acts 2: 1–4 and depicts the moment when on the feast day of that name, ten days after the Ascension of Christ, the Holy Spirit descended upon a gathering of the apostles, whereupon ‘…there appeared to them tongues like flames of fire, dispersed among them and resting on each.

• There were also a Ruben, a David, and a work by Frans van Mieris the Elder bringing the evening’s sales to a staggering ￡39 million GBP.

• This information is from this website.

Find of the Week

• On Saturday, July 15th from 4-7pm, Joanne Julian is having the artist reception to her exhibition, Joanne Julian: Garden Spirits, with gallery Tufenkian Fine Arts in Los Angeles.

• Joanne Julian’s practice traces the exploration of contrasting elements and profound moments. Her artworks skillfully capture the interplay between light and dark, spontaneity and precision, fear and joy, and youth and age, often encapsulated within a single vision.

• From Tufenkian Fine Arts