Umbrellas in the Rain
by PRENDERGAST, Maurice Brazil, Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 356 x 530 mm
Prendergast studied in Paris and readily absorbed Post-Impressionist aesthetics after 1890. His lively compositions guaranteed him success not long after his return to Boston in 1894. His financial circumstances assured, he was able to depart for Europe again in 1898. In Europe he would spend almost two years in France but also in Italy, where he visited Rome, Capri, Siena and - above all - Venice.