# Setting Sun, Sardine Fishing, Concarneau, op. 221 \(Adagio\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SIGNAC, Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm

## Commentary

Setting Sun, Sardine Fishing, Concarneau, op. 221 \(Adagio\) 1891 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Museum of Moden Art, New York This work is one of five related paintings of fishing boats at sea near the French town of Concarneau, in Brittany. Signac linked his Concarneau paintings with musical sub-titles, metaphorically suggesting a symphonic arrangement.

## Related artworks

- [Boulevard de Clichy under Snow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/boulevard-de-clichy-under-snow-r88a80e1e52cfcf>)
- [Breakfast \(The Dining Room\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/breakfast-the-dining-room-r1803de7748f2c7>)
- [Evening Calm, Concarneau, Opus 220 \(Allegro Maestoso\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/evening-calm-concarneau-opus-220-allegro-maestoso-rb00020b8763230>)
- [Gasometers at Clichy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/gasometers-at-clichy-rd3925795cd72c3>)
- [Les Andelys, Riverbank](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/les-andelys-riverbank-r13bb6ca6a1261c>)
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- [Pine Tree at Saint-Tropez](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/pine-tree-at-saint-tropez-rf59a9050aeec82>)
- [Portrait of Félix Fénéon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/portrait-of-flix-fnon-r815da2aee76bc9>)
- [Rue Caulaincourt: Mills on Montmartre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/rue-caulaincourt-mills-on-montmartre-rcb84e6af100d47>)
- [Saint-Tropez, the Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/saint-tropez-the-harbour-rd8726bd3b4a2cc>)
- [Saint-Tropez, the Storm](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/saint-tropez-the-storm-r2c697daa6f5e06>)
- [Still-Life with a Book](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/signac-paul-rcdbefe4eee5e55/still-life-with-a-book-r16f0d0c5575169>)

## Attribution

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