In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Several figures sit and stroll under leafy trees, while a stately oceanfront house with green shutters and a terra-cotta-tiled roof is visible in the background. Behind them, the blue seawater sparkles in the sunshine. A pioneer of American modernism, Prendergast presents the scene as a network of high-keyed colors, blending sources ranging from medieval mosaics to recent depictions of the utopian Arcadia by French neoimpressionists.
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Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada
Édouard Vuillard — Le square
James Preston — Trumbull, Connecticut
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Girls in a Landscape (Jeunes filles 
Ernest Lawson — Swimming Hole
Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada
Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada
Ernest Lawson — Landscape with Gnarled Trees
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Picnic (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Alfred Sisley — Cour de ferme à Saint-Mammès
Luigi Settanni — Landscape in Brittany (Pont l'Abbé Figure)
Henry Ossawa Tanner — The Good Shepherd
