Mill of Edam

Like Claude Monet , Paul Signac traveled to Holland and painted picturesque motifs there. After executing numerous watercolors in Edam on the Ijsselmeer, he painted this picture in his atelier in Saint-Tropez . Signac’s application of the paint resembles a mosaic. The brushstrokes form concentric circles around the sun, similar to lines of energy. In the grass and clouds the paint is applied in a grid formation.