JACOMET Daniel

Paul SIGNAC ( 1863-1935 )

" Le Pont des Arts, 1928 "

Original Jacomet stencil.
After Signac.
Signed in the plate.
Size without marges : 27x45cm

Paul Signac

1863 - 1935

from a family of merchants of Asnières-sur-Seine, a young man, Paul Signac decided to leave high school to devote himself to a life of painter while his mother predestined him to studies of architect. Admiring the Impressionists whose exhibitions he visits, he affirms his style under their influence. He will be the theorist of neo-impressionism. Working with Seurat and Pissaro, he will form the group of "so-called scientific impressionists". He will work on the practice of the scientific division of tone and thus give birth to pointillism. He made his first divisionist painting in 1886 but without forgetting to give his painting spontaneity, intuitiveness, emotion through bright colors. He will even take part in the eighth impressionist exhibition at the invitation of Berthe Morisot. Then, he will become friends with Vincent van Gogh with whom he paints the Seine, as well as with the Nabis but whose artistic theories he does not share. Paul Signac will live in the south of France. Passionate about the sea, he will paint many ports and coastal landscapes of the Mediterranean sea.

Daniel Jacomet

is an artist who has created a type of stencil that now bears his name, a stencil almost identical to the original artwork. From 1921, he worked with the greatest artists of his time: Picasso, Braque, Chagall, Rouault, Dufy, Miro etc ... His children, André, Pierre and Marie-Jeanne, will take over. Then Bruno, his grandson, who will work with Olivier Debré, Herve Di Rosa, Gerard Garouste, Edouardo Arroyo, Jan Voss, ...

Jacomet stencil

This is a stencil print. The artist applies color by hand with a round brush in cardboard or zinc cutouts, to color surfaces that may even be in color gradient. It is about putting color on a printed pattern in black and white in lithography or collotype. The artist can therefore make several copies with the same patterns. This technique allows the artist to create an edition almost identical to the original artworks. Many professionals in the art world were caught by these perfect prints. There are still "Jacomet" which are considered original works today.

The work presented is called "facsimile" because it faithfully reproduces the original work and this most often with the original mediums. After making a very precise cut, the artist will color the stencil using colors and materials similar to the original: watercolor, gouache, ink, etc ... The signature is an integral part of the stencil. The paper can also be recreated. The printing and coloring were entirely done in the Jacomet studio.