View of The Old Port, Saint-Tropez

Painted in 1911 and held at the Metropolitan Museum, this harbour view of Saint-Tropez was produced during Bonnard's early explorations of the Mediterranean South. Saint-Tropez — the small port town that Signac had made a base for Neo-Impressionist painting — offered rich material for Bonnard's developing interest in southern light. Though not adopting the Pointillist method, Bonnard absorbed the chromatic lessons of his encounters with Mediterranean coastal light, which would eventually shape his Le Cannet period. The old port with its boats and quaysides was a standard subject for painters working in the South; Bonnard's version emphasises colour intensity over topographical precision.

Vivid Mediterranean blues in sea and sky contrast with the warm terracotta and ochre of harbour buildings. Boats and quayside figures are loosely indicated. The brushwork is varied — broader strokes in the sky, more broken in the water, creating a vibrating surface of reflected southern light.