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Also Known As Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Born October 10, 1859 • St. John’s • Canada
Died February 1, 1924 (aged 64) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Umbrellas in the Rain”
Movement / Style Post-Impressionism • The Eight

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Watercolor by Maurice Prendergast showing crowds of people strolling and gathering under tall trees along The Mall in Central Park, with women and children in light dresses in the foreground.
Maurice Prendergast: The Terrace Bridge, Central Park
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Thomas Eakins: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross  (The Gross Clinic)
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Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
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Henry Darger
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Sherrie Levine
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Portrait of John Singer Sargent in profile, wearing a suit and tie, facing to the right with a trimmed beard and short hair.
John Singer Sargent
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Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
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Rhoda Holmes Nicholls
British-American artist
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Maria Martin
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John Marin
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Mary Morris Vaux Walcott
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February Thaw, watercolour by Charles Burchfield, 1920; in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. 45.6 × 71 cm.
Charles Burchfield
American painter
Abbey, Edwin Austin
Edwin Austin Abbey
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Charles Demuth
American painter
Bellows, George Wesley: Pennsylvania Station Excavation
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Robert Henri
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George Luks: Allen Street
George Luks
American artist
William J. Glackens: East River Park
William J. Glackens
American painter
Davies, Arthur B.
Arthur B. Davies
American painter
Wake of the Ferry, oil on canvas by John French Sloan, 1907; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
John French Sloan
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