Revere Beach
- Date
- 1896
- Material
- Watercolor over graphite
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (34.4 x 24.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 109:1947
NOTES
Maurice Prendergast's painting uses commingled greens, purples, grays and blues to depict the landscape surrounding people dressed in bright colors. Prendergast painted this popular beach north of Boston soon after his return from Europe. He was among the first Americans to champion the work of Paul Cézanne, a French Post-Impressionist. In this drawing, Prendergast reduced figures to nearly flat shapes, eliminated facial expressions, and flattened space with a patterned and tiered composition.
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