By 1910-15 Prendergast's work showed the influence of European artists, particularly Cezanne and Matisse. In his 1908 article "Notes of a Painter," Matisse, who himself drew from Cezanne, wrote: "I try to condense the meaning of this (female) body by drawing its essential lines. The charm will then become less apparent at first glance but in the long run it will begin to emanate from the new image." (C. Clark, p. 41) At the same time, Prendergast was looking at folk and primitive art. The elements of both "charm" and "naiveté" appear in works such as Lady in Yellow Dress in the Park and other of his bather and landscape pictures of 1914-15. For the Prendergast exhibition at Carroll Galleries in 1915, the artist's friend and critic Frederic James Gregg wrote: "Prendergast is essentially a part of the New Movement which, to judge by recent exhibitions, has taken firm hold of New York and is becoming more and more understood. Beginning with his earliest works, mastery of design is to be discovered in every one of his paintings." Nancy Matthews continues: "The art that he produced within this context drew on both the art and the theories formulated in Europe which were filtered through American sensibilities. Prendergast, as an artist open to and eager for the "new impulse" represents the aspirations and achievements of his age." (p. 45)