Maximilien Luce - Camaret, Moonlight and Fishing Boats, 1894

 

Maximilien Luce - Camaret, Moonlight and Fishing Boats, 1894
oil on canvas, Saint Louis Art Museum

In this atmospheric nocturnal scene, Maximilien Luce painted the fishing port of Camaret in Brittany in the far west of France. The artist emphasizes a sense of geometric structure by repeating the diagonal lines of the boats while using a palette of blues and violets to offset the intense yellow of the moon. Luce turned to Pointillism as a technique in 1887 and became a prominent figure in this group of neo-Impressionists who meticulously built up their canvases with thousands of dots and flecks of paint. via