A Day in the Country
Catalogue
- Year
- 1920
- Dimensions
- 35.7 × 51 cm (14 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
Born in Newfoundland in 1958, Maurice Brazil Prendergast’s work depicts charming scenes of 19th and early-20th century life. One of the first American painters to adopt a post-impressionist style, Prendergast’s work employs abbreviated, flat strokes that create brightly-colored scenes set in urban outdoor spaces. Maurice and his brother, fellow artist Charles Prendergast, studied and worked together abroad at the Académie Colarossi and later at the Académie Julian in France. It was during the artist’s time in Paris in the early 1890s that he began to create the vibrant, post-Impressionist paintings for which he is now most renowned.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1920
- Dimensions
- 35.7 × 51 cm (14 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1920-056369
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified