Charles Prendergast was a Newfoundlander-American Post-Impressionist artist as well as a designer and maker of picture frames. He was the younger brother of the artist, Maurice Prendergast.
Charles Prendergast, Rising Sun, 1912
Charles Prendergast, Three-Panel Screen (front), c. 1916-1917, oil and gold leaf on gessoed wood, each panel, 75 x 27¼ in, private collection.
Charles Prendergast, Three-Panel Screen (back), c. 1916-1917, oil and gold leaf on gessoed wood, each panel, 75 x 27¼ in, private collection.
Charles Prendergast, The Offering, c. 1916-1917, tempera and gold leaf on carved panel, 20 x 25 in, private collection.
The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 wo
Museum of Fine Arts main entrance with the Appeal to the Great Spirit statue in the foreground in 2025
A 19th illustration of the original Museum of Fine Arts building in Copley Square
Rose Garden and Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway, in June 1934
The Shapiro Courtyard, which houses Dale Chihuly's Lime Green Icicle Tower (right), is used to host large banquets and other events.