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Watercolor
Park by the Sea
Maurice Prendergast, 1858 - 1924
Prendergast, Maurice
United States
1858 - 1924
Male
17 3/8 x 22 3/8 in. (44.1 x 56.8 cm)
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Watercolor
Watercolor
1922
1922
1922
1900-2000, 20th century, landscapes, watercolors
Watercolor
Throughout his life, Maurice Prendergast found delight and inspiration in the pleasant, sun-filled parks and beaches along the New England shore. He recalled happy moments there in brilliant watercolors, so remarkable in their energy and hue that they were likened, in Prendergast's day, to "an explosion in a color factory."
Trained as a theater poster painter, Prendergast became extraordinarily facile in watercolor, and he employed it throughout his career. The fluid medium was especially appropriate to Prendergast's expressions of the momentary, as the dance of light across the landscape and the rhythmic movements of bathers and picnickers could be suggested in quick dashes of luminous color.
Under the influence of French post-impressionistic painting, Prendergast's watercolors became increasingly abstract. This late example is typical in its brevity. The design is realized through a loose pattern of strong primary and secondary colors set against the bright white ground. Much of the sheet has been left to create scattered highlights and to heighten the viewer's awareness of the work as pure paint on paper.
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1963.28
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Memorial Art Gallery
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