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A watercolor of a brilliantly-colored, sunny beach filled with women wearing long gowns and bonnets and men in tunics and pants. Beyond them is a cluster of cabanas and buildings. A dark blue sea dotted with sailboats fills the right side with a line of purple hills beyond and puffy clouds overhead. The scene is loosely painted and the people and boats are indistinct and featureless.

Beach at Saint-Malo by Maurice Prendergast

April 25, 2025April 25, 2025

When critics hinted Maurice Prendergast was getting a little repetitive as he approached 50, he could’ve hung up his brushes. After all, he’d been pretty… Read More »Beach at Saint-Malo by Maurice Prendergast