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Maurice Brazil Prendergast (October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924) was an American Post-Impressionist artist who worked in oil, watercolor, and monotype. He exhibited as a member of The Eight, though the delicacy of his compositions and mosaic-like beauty of his style differed from the philosophy of the group.
Biography
Maurice Prendergast and his twin sister, Lucy, were born at their family's subarctic trading post in the city of St.
John's, in Newfoundland, Canada.[1] After the trading post failed, the family moved to Boston.
Monotypes by maurice prendergast biography
He grew up in the South End, and was apprenticed as a youth to a commercial artist.[1] This conditioned him from the start to the brightly colored, flat patterning effects that characterized his mature work. A shy individual, Maurice remained a bachelor throughout his life.
He became closely attached to his artist brother Charles, who was a successful frame maker.
Prendergast studied in Paris from 1891 to 1895, at the Académie Colarossi with Gustave Courtois