In the Park
ca. 1915-20
Step into a bustling afternoon stroll where everyone seems to have forgotten their faces! Maurice Prendergast captures a lively crowd in the park using loose, watery washes of color that make the figures look almost like colorful paper cutouts. Notice the sea of pink and blue parasols bobbing above the children and women; it feels less like a realistic snapshot and more like a festive, decorative mosaic of leisure time. Although associated with the gritty Ashcan School group 'The Eight,' Prendergast was a total dreamer who preferred painting happy crowds, blurring the line between reality and abstraction with his unique, flat style inspired by Italian mosaics.
- Technique
- Watercolor
- Material
- Paper
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