🖼️ The Port of Collioure – André Derain (1905)
Hand-painted reproduction – By Alpha Reproduction
An explosion of color and light: Derain paints the Mediterranean in all its chromatic power
Created in 1905 in Collioure, a small port in the south of France, Le Port de Collioure is one of the emblematic paintings of fauvism, a movement founded by André Derain and Henri Matisse.
In this work, Derain rejects any notion of optical realism to retain only the pictorial essentials: pure color, rhythm, light, and the energy of the landscape.
A port seen as a fireworks display of colors
Boats, houses, sea and sky blended into a chromatic symphony
The painting depicts the port of Collioure, with its moored boats, its houses with red roofs, its turquoise sea, and a vibrant sky.
But what immediately strikes is the non-naturalistic use of colors: the water becomes green or orange, the shadows are bright blue, the hills are yellow, the facades pink or lilac.
The palette is intense and contrasted :
– Burning Oranges,
– Acid greens,
– Purplish blues,
– Bright pinks and reds,
applied in thick, almost wild strokes, with rough or even absent outlines.
A Fauvist Manifesto: Color as Pure Emotion
With The Port of Collioure, Derain asserts that color can express more than the form itself. The subject is secondary: what matters is the visual impact, the immediate joy, the spontaneous energy of the pictorial gesture.
"Color is not the subject's clothing, it is its soul."
– André Derain (inspired by his writings)
This work is therefore as much a landscape as it is a sensory experience, a reinvention of reality through painting.
Hand-painted reproduction – By Alpha Reproduction
A vibrant and bold Mediterranean landscape, recreated with intensity and fidelity
At Alpha Reproduction, Le Port de Collioure is entirely hand-painted in oil on canvas, with attention given to:
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The use of pure colors, without gradients
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The optical vibration of contrasts
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The free brush, applied in visible strokes
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The simplification of forms, faithful to the Fauvist spirit
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The general effect of explosive harmony
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📐 Customizable formats – stretched or rolled canvas
🖼️ Contemporary white framing, raw wood or bold orange/blue frame on request
An ideal painting for lovers of Fauvism, bright landscapes, and expressive painting
The Port of Collioure is perfect for a sunny living room, a colorful gallery, an artistic space, or vibrant Mediterranean decor. It is a work that breathes energy, light, and freedom.
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