Ponte della Paglia, Venice
by PRENDERGAST, Maurice Brazil, Oil on canvas, 71 x 59 cm
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.