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Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924)
Central Park, ca. 1914–15
Oil on canvas; 20 3/4 x 27 in. (52.7 x 68.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
George A. Hearn Fund, 1950 (50.25)
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Inspired in Paris during the early 1890s by the Nabis, particularly Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, and in 1907 by Paul Cézanne and the Fauves, Prendergast developed a distinctive style characterized by startling bright colors and staccato brushstrokes. When he settled in New York about 1914, he captured the festive energy of Central Park on a sun-drenched summer day. The composition's broad horizontal bands comment on the park's tripartite traffic system, which accommodated carriages, horses, and pedestrians.
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