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 (8 items)

Maurice Prendergast, Summer, New England, 1912, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast, 1976.124
Summer, New England
Date1912
oil on canvas
On view
Maurice Prendergast, New England Coastal Village, ca. 1915-1918, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast, 1985.83
New England Coastal Village
Dateca. 1915-1918
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Maurice Prendergast, Holiday in New England, ca. 1910-1911, watercolor, pastel and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eugenie Prendergast, 1984.27
Holiday in New England
Dateca. 1910-1911
watercolor, pastel and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Maurice Prendergast, Trees, 1918, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast, 1968.122B
Trees
Date1918
watercolor and pencil 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.