Posters at Trouville

Paris

Albert Marquet

Posters at Trouville

1906

Oil on canvas, 65.1 × 81.3 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington

Strollers in dark and white clothes pass striped beach tents and a long wall of advertising boards on the seafront. It is his only known painting of this spot.

  • He and Raoul Dufy painted side by side at Trouville in summer 1906, both looking at one poster hoarding.
  • Look at the posters: lettering shrinks to a few marks inside flat blocks of yellow, blue and red.
  • Paint is laid in flat, even areas rather than heavy, textured strokes.
  • Pure yellow, blue and red fill a calm, orderly street scene. The color is bold, but the drawing and space stay steady and easy to read.
  • Sold through John Rewald to the Whitneys in 1971, it entered the gallery with their 1998 gift.

Image: Wikimedia Commons · PD-Art

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