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The Holiday
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Google Lens entry:
Prendergast humbly entered the shimmering world of nineteenth-century Parisian art by working on a cattle boat for his passage to Europe in 1884. The young artist stayed for three years, absorbing the influence of Impressionism, which led him to pursue the use of color to emphasize form and rhythm in an intensely personal mode of expression. In The Holiday, Prendergast uses color to paint a tapestry-like scene, outlining figures, trees, and water in lively, arabesque brushstrokes.
Born in Newfoundland, Maurice Prendergast came to America with his family at the age of ten. After living in Boston for some time, he left America to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. In Europe, Prendergast was exposed to the myriad art movements and styles of the beginning of the twentieth century, though he was most influenced by the post-Impressionist style. Returning to America, Prendergast settled in New York City, where he perfected his production of kaleidoscopic images of city life.
Holiday by Fairyanna Brucker, 5th grade, Napa Christian Elementary
I'm standing here with all my friends. Paint them with glamorous blue and pink dresses. And make them as pretty as the attractive flowers on the smooth grass. Let them smell like the glossy strawberries that grow in the garden. Let them dance like the leaves that twirl when they fall. It all makes me. Joyful.
Alternate label for Google Lens POC, April 2018:
Prendergast humbly entered the shimmering world of nineteenth-century Parisian art by working on a cattle boat for his passage to Europe in 1884. The young artist stayed for three years, absorbing the influence of Impressionism, which led him to pursue the use of color to emphasize form and rhythm in an intensely personal mode of expression. In The Holiday, Prendergast uses color to paint a tapestry-like scene, outlining figures, trees, and water in lively, arabesque brushstrokes.
- Artist
- Maurice Brazil Prendergast
- Title
- The Holiday
- Date
- ca. 1908-1909
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27 x 34 3/8 in. (68.6 x 87.3 cm); 36 1/2 x 43 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (92.7 x 111.1 x 4.4 cm) framed inches
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, gift of the Charles E. Merrill Trust with matching funds from the M.H. de Young Museum Society
- Accession Number
- 68.14