1907
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Beach, St. Malo is a 1907 by Maurice Prendergast, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a bright, crowded beach at St. Malo—tiny figures in white dresses and straw hats, umbrellas like colorful dots, and waves rolling in. Prendergast painted this after trips to France, where he picked up a trick: instead of blending colors, he placed small, separate strokes side by side. Your eye mixes them from a distance, making the scene shimmer. Look up the technique called impasto.
A native of Boston, Prendergast made several excursions to France, where he became interested in the decorative color patterns of such French painters as Edouard Vuillard (1868–1940) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947).
Read the full account in the museum source.
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924) was a Newfoundlander-American artist who painted in oil and watercolor, and created monotypes.
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