In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Charles Prendergast, brother of the painter Maurice Prendergast, presents an idyllic scene of blossoming trees, a blue lake, frolicking animals, and human figures; one of them blows a purple bubble from a reed. Some wear fanciful costumes that reflect the artist's varied sources in the premodern art of Europe, the Near East, and South and East Asia. The overall narrative is enigmatic; in particular, the nude woman enveloped in a radiant full-body halo seems to be a composite of the pagan goddess Venus and the Virgin Mary. Prendergast made this by incising the gesso (plaster) that covers the bare wood of the panel to create his forms before applying paint.
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Gustav Klimt — Portrait of Ria Munch III
Piece
Textile Fragment
Maurice Prendergast — Landscape with Figures
Maurice Prendergast — Idyl
Maurice Prendergast — The Beach
Édouard Vuillard — First Fruits
Gustav Klimt — The Hostile Powers, the Titan Typhoeus, the T
Jean Guiraud — A Harem in Africa (Un Sérail en Afrique)
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) — Maruru (Offerings of Grat
Umed Singh of Kota Hunting Lions
Maurice Prendergast — Landscape (Beach Scene)
