View of Toulon Harbour 

Albert Marquet’s painting offers a view of Toulon Harbour, composed with oil on canvas. The composition is divided horizontally, with the sky and sea occupying the upper half and the land, foliage and buildings below. The painting's surface is rendered with broad, fluid brushstrokes, with a subdued palette that evokes a sense of calm and serenity. Marquet’s work reflects a formal elegance that speaks to the early modernists' interest in flattening pictorial space and reducing forms to their essential shapes. The interplay of light and shadow across the water and sky creates an atmosphere that is both palpable and abstract, which challenges traditional landscape painting through its emphasis on surface and structure. Consider how the muted tones of the painting invite a reflection on the nature of perception itself. Marquet’s Toulon is not just a place, but also an encounter with the possibilities of paint, form, and vision.