By the Shore

Maurice Prendergast

Cleveland Museum of Art

This image depicts a lake scene by the shore. The painting features a body of water in shades of blue, with brown and green foliage and trees on the shore in the foreground. Several trees are visible, with dark green and some yellow and orange leaves, and a few bare brown tree trunks are shown. The shore consists of brown and gray rocks and dirt. In the background, there are more trees with yellow, orange, and green leaves on a brown land mass across the lake. The sky above is blue with light-colored clouds. The painting style is impressionist with visible brushstrokes. The title of the painting is "By the Shore" and the artist is Maurice Prendergast.