Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook [Hardcover]

Maurice Brazil Prendergast (Author), George Szabo (Designer)

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This sketchbook, kept primarily between 1895 and 1897, is an exquisite example of the working technique of a great American artist. In it, Prendergast experiments with pattern, shadow, and foliage, using the beautiful Boston Public Garden as his studio. The 88 pages of watercolors, pen and ink, and pencil drawings focus on the colorfully dressed women and children in the park, with glimpses of Victorian Boston outside. The sketchbookreproduced here in facsimile and handsomely boxedrecalls his years of study in Paris, yet foreshadows his bold mature style. Recommended for comprehensive art collections. Daniel Lombardo, Jones Lib., Amherst, Mass.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1 pages
• Publisher: George Braziller; 1st edition (November 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807611840
• ISBN-13: 978-0807611845
• Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 12 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,597,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sunday in the Park....with Maurice, October 17, 2000

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This review is from: Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook (Hardcover)

Everyone is familiar with the French Impressionists, but the American Impressionists added formidable contributions to this genre. Inspired by French Impressionism, yet unmistakably American and bold, Maurice Prendergast's park scenes are lively and idiosyncratic, yet evoke the times and flavors of 19th Century Boston and New York.

The Public Garden watercolors in particular are worth study. Watercolors are exhibited on tour only infrequently, as the paper and pigments are so sensitive to light. So enjoy seeing an retrospective at home with this book. A worthwhile reference if you love watercolor and Impressionism.