In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Throughout Prendergast’s career, the seaside was one of his favorite subjects, but in this watercolor, his true concern was color. Painting rapidly, Prendergast allowed the white of the paper to show around the edges of his jagged strokes of color, suggesting sunlight on wet rocks. This spontaneous seascape identifies him as one of the first American artists to experiment with modernism before the Armory Show in New York City of 1913, the first large-scale exhibition of European modern art held in the United States.
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Dwight Blaney (American, 1865–1944) — Over the Ledges
Edvard Munch — Junipers by the Sea
Charles Sydney Hopkinson (American, 1869–1962) — Cliffs, Nov
Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918) — Storm on the Isla
Maxime Camille Louis Maufra — Côte rocheuse en Bretagne Bret
Edvard Munch — Red Rocks
Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix) — Cap Nègre
Maurice Prendergast — Brooksville, Maine (River & Rocks)
Joaquín Sorolla — Mar y rocas de San Esteban, Asturias
Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935) — Ships near the Trieux Rive
Childe Hassam — A North East Headland
Edvard Munch — Coastal Landscape at Hvitsten
