(1859-1924)
Prendergast studied in France long enough to master a Post-Impressionist, quasi-poz'ntillist technique and returned to America to become one of the most original of the early-twentieth-century modernists. His watercolors in particular sparkle. They are informed by the techniques of the French, but Prendergast took creative libertiesthat gave his small works a monumental character that set them apart from all other American works of the period.
PRENDERGAST'S THOUGHTS ON ART
" Very blue this afternoon. I suppose it
comes from abstaining from the customary afternoon cup of coffee. You must make yourself a
strong man. You are on the threshold as an artist. Be firm and determined. Accustom
yourself to master things which you seem to despair of.
The love you liberate in your work is the only love you keep. " [19051
