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Maurice Prendergast

Maurice Prendergast

?–1924
PaintingAshcan SchoolImpressionismPost-Impressionism
Representation
None documented
31
Institutional Exhibitions
35
Works in Collection
69
Assets Indexed
7
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Cultural Positioning

Movements
  • • Ashcan School
  • • Impressionism
  • • Post-Impressionism
Related Artists
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Drawn in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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Ways of Looking
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969–1970
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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
About

Why this artist matters now

Maurice Prendergast made luminous watercolors and oil paintings of leisure scenes, parks, and seaside promenades, applying color in mosaic-like patches that anticipated Post-Impressionist abstraction in early twentieth-century American art. A member of The Eight, he exhibited at the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European modernism to American audiences.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Ashcan School
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

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Artworks (35)

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Images

12 assets
Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127 (c. 1919–1921)
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Rocky Seashore (c. 1907–10)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Shipyard: Children Playing (1900–1902)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Beach, St. Malo (c. 1907)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bastille Day (1892)
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Spanish Steps (1898–99)
Cleveland Museum of Art
On the Beach, No. 3 (c. 1915–18)
Cleveland Museum of Art
May Day, Central Park (1901)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Movements and affiliations

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Ashcan School
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Impressionism
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PO
Post-Impressionism
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionAmerican Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
New York · 1985
Group ExhibitionDrawn in America
New York · 1972
Group ExhibitionWays of Looking
New York · 1971
Group ExhibitionAmerican Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection
New York · 1969
Group ExhibitionDrawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection
New York · 1964
Group ExhibitionPainting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
New York · 1964