Mary Cassatt - Nancy Mowll Mathews
An American Impressionist in Paris
KORTE INHOUD
Acclaimed and beloved for her paintings of women and small children in intimate, informal settings, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was the first American artist to associate and exhibit with the French Impressionists in Paris. Cassatt explained her affinity for depicting children, saying they are “natural and truthful,” two of the exact qualities that her generation of artists was energetically pursuing. This beautiful book, edited by a preeminent Cassatt scholar, brings together more than sixty important works that span the entirety of Cassatt's career. Included here are works across all media in which Cassatt worked - oils, pastels, drawings, and engravings - as well as numerous documentary sources that combine to convey a full and nuanced account of Cassatt as an American woman artist in Paris.
Some of these works, such as Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878) and Woman Bathing (1890-91) are familiar; others are from private collections and have been reproduced rarely, if ever. The result is a fresh look at ...
Some of these works, such as Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878) and Woman Bathing (1890-91) are familiar; others are from private collections and have been reproduced rarely, if ever. The result is a fresh look at ...
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) is de enige Amerikaanse schilderes die samen met de groep Franse impressionisten in Parijs heeft geexposeerd, en hoewel ze zestig jaar lang in Frankrijk woonde, gold ze tijdens haar leven als de grootste Amerikaanse kunstenares. Dit werk begeleidt de eerste grote retrospectieve van haar werk in meer dan honderd jaar. Op de tentoonstelling zullen 60 belangrijke werken te zien zijn, waaronder olieverfschilderijen, pastels, tekeningen en gravures, die, samen met divers documentair mate...
