In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
In Central Park , adults and children ride horses, watch miniature sailboats, and climb gray-and-gold striped rocks on a spring day in the 1930s. Blossoming cherry trees and high-rises with waving flags define the cityscape. The style and technique of Charles Prendergast's gilded, gessoed panel refers principally to medieval sacred painting in Italy and Byzantium, a result of the artist's earlier involvement in the Arts and Crafts movement. Indeed most of Charles's paintings at the Barnes Foundation belong to his early "celestial" period; but Central Park represents his latest "modern" phase (from 1932), dedicated to spectacles of entertainment in contemporary America.
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Henri Rousseau — View of Montsouris Park, the Kiosk (Vue du 
American 19th Century — Leaving the Manor House
Landscape, Joliet, Illinois
Edward Hicks — The Cornell Farm
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) — The Tuileries Garden
Maurice Prendergast — Trees, Houses, People
Maurice Prendergast — Gloucester Harbor
Maurice Prendergast — Marblehead Harbor
Maurice Prendergast — Beach Scene with Donkeys (or Mules)
Salome Hensel — To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) — Women and Childre
John Constable (British, 1776–1837) — The White Horse
