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Maurice Prendergast, The Grand Canal, Venice, c. 1898—99
Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Illinois, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.123
This exhibition brings together for the first time the unparalleled bodies of work that American Impressionist Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) produced during two trips to Italy, in 1898 and 1911. For centuries, aspiring artists flocked to Italy to study the art and architecture of the ancient world and the work of the Old Masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In the 19th century, American artists were especially attracted to what writer Henry James called the "time-mellowed harmonies" of Italy, and of Venice in particular.
For Prendergast, the sites of Venice provided a spectacle of color and pattern that he transformed into stunning and bold modernist artworks, catapulting him into the front ranks of American artists. Prendergast in Italy features more than 60 picturesque views of Venice, Rome, Siena, and Capri drawn from a number of public and private collections, as well as from the Williams College Museum of Art (home of the Prendergast Archive and Study Center) and the Terra Foundation of American Art (the second-largest repository of Prendergast holdings). The presentation demonstrates Prendergast´s ranking in American art as a technically superb watercolor artist. The vivid palette and liveliness of his work disguise the rigor and bold aesthetic approach to his subjects in works that continue to charm new generations of museum goers. The accompanying catalogue is published in English and Italian by Merrell Publishers in London.
Prendergast in Italy is organized by the Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in partnership with the Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago. Terra Foundation for American Art is the lead sponsor with additional funding from the Eugénie Prendergast Endowment.
This exhibition receives generous funding from:
Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hevrdejs
Carol and Michael C. Linn
Ann and John Bookout
Additional funding is provided by the MFAH Benefactors of American Art:
Cornelia and Meredith Long
Bobbie and John Nau
Fayez Sarofim
Ann Gordon Trammell
Related Events:
Creation Station: Colors on the Water
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday Afternoon Lecture: Prendergast in Italy: Painting in the Present in the Land of the Past
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, March 5, 2010 1:30 PM
Gallery Conversations: A Toast to Art and Wine Through Italy
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Prendergast in Italy (20 min.)
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, March 6, 2010 12:00 PM
Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made After 1960 (20 min.)
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:00 PM
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:00 PM
Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:00 PM
Gallery Talk: Two Views of Venice — Canaletto and Prendergast (20 min.)
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, April 3, 2010 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Saturday, April 10, 2010 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Saturday, April 24, 2010 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Just for Art Teachers: Watercolor
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, March 6, 2010 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Members Daytime Preview
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Members´ Tour: Americans Abroad: Sargent and Prendergast (1 hour: reservations required)
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00 AM
Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:00 AM
Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:00 AM
Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:00 AM
Saturday Afternoon Lecture: Prendergast in Italy: Painting in the Present in the Land of the Past
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, March 6, 2010 4:00 PM
Sketching in the Galleries
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Spring Break Family Activity: Creation Station, Flying Flags of Venice
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Spring Break Family Activity: Sketching in the Galleries
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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