Ponte Della Paglia 1899

"Ponte della Paglia, Venice" is an oil on canvas painting created in 1899 by American artist Maurice Prendergast. The painting, currently in the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., captures a bustling scene on the Ponte della Paglia, a bridge in Venice, Italy. Prendergast, known for his vibrant color palettes and flattened forms, portrays the bridge filled with people, their figures outlined in bold strokes, and their colorful umbrellas like splashes of paint. This work is a prime example of Prendergast's unique style, which combined elements of Impressionism and early 20th-century Modernism.