Artist

Maurice Prendergast

born St. John's, Newfoundland 1858-died New York City 1924
Also known as
  • Maurice Brazil Prendergast
  • Maurice B. Prendergast
Born
St. John's, Newfoundland
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Paris, France
  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Born in Newfoundland, studied and lived in Boston and Paris, also visited Venice. Post-Impressionist painter whose oils and watercolors are charming scenes of people enjoying the park, the seashore, and other pleasant places.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Works by this artist (151 items)

Chiura Obata, El Capitán, 1931, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.24, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
El Capitán
Date1931
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Evening at Carl Inn (progressive proof No.48), 1929-1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2005.17.50, © 1989, Yuri Kodani
Evening at Carl Inn (progressive proof No.48)
Date1929-1930
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Evening at Carl Inn (progressive proof No.43), 1929-1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2005.17.45, © 1989, Yuri Kodani
Evening at Carl Inn (progressive proof No.43)
Date1929-1930
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Evening at Carl Inn (progressive proof No.32), 1929-1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2005.17.34, © 1989, Yuri Kodani
Evening at Carl Inn (progressive proof No.32)
Date1929-1930
color woodcut on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

An artwork image of a woman
Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano 
October 8, 2021May 8, 2022
This exhibition brings to life the Venetian glass revival of the nineteenth century on the famed island of Murano and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for artists such as John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler.