Maurice Prendergast

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Maurice Prendergast was an American Post-Impressionist painter known for his brightly colored, mosaic-like scenes of leisure in urban parks and seaside settings.

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instanceOf American artist
human
painter
artStyleCharacteristic bright color palette
decorative patterning
flattened pictorial space
mosaic-like brushwork
associatedWith Ashcan School
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Prendergast
fieldOfWork oil painting
painting
watercolor painting
genre genre painting
landscape painting
givenName Maurice
hasSibling Charles Prendergast
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Whitney Museum of American Art
influencedBy French Post-Impressionism
linked to: Post-Impressionism

Paul Cézanne
Pierre Bonnard
Édouard Vuillard
memberOf The Eight
movement American modernism
Post-Impressionism
nationality American
notableFor brightly colored paintings
mosaic-like compositions
scenes of leisure
seaside scenes
urban park scenes
notableWork Central Park
Revere Beach
South Boston Pier
The Beach, St. Malo
The Mall, Central Park
occupation painter
studiedIn Paris
subjectMatter beach scenes
crowded public spaces
figures at leisure
parks and gardens
usedMedium gouache
oil paint
watercolor
workLocation Boston
New York City

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American Impressionism hasNotableArtist Maurice Prendergast
Boston art community associatedWithArtist Maurice Prendergast
The Eight hasMember Maurice Prendergast
Ashcan School notableMember Maurice Prendergast
Prendergast hasNotableBearer Maurice Prendergast
Ernest Lawson exhibitedWith Maurice Prendergast
Macbeth Gallery notableAssociatedArtist Maurice Prendergast