Mary Stevenson Cassatt, "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair" (1877–78), oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 51 1/8 inches (89.5 x 129.9 cm); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (all images courtesy Philadelphia ...

''Little Girl in a Blue Armchair,'' on loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, is one of more than 130 works on exhibit at the ...

An expert introduction to the movement and the contributions of its leading lights, from Cassatt to Hassam, Chase to Sargent — featuring works offered at Christie’s. This year, we read too many ...

Reporting from Washington — In 1877, when he was 43, the French impressionist Edgar Degas began stopping by the studio of the 33-year-old American Mary Cassatt and offering her a point or two that ...

Mary Cassatt Gave Women a Place in the Impressionist Movement Mary Cassatt reshaped the art world by elevating everyday domestic moments into beautiful Impressionist works of art. Discover how she ...

When Mother’s Day was proposed as a holiday in 1913, American-French artist Mary Cassatt was not particularly keen on the idea. “As a staunch supporter of women’s suffrage, she thought granting women ...

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I’ve always thought of Mary Cassatt’s paintings as pretty, colorful and sweet — a shiny celebration of mothers, children and upper-class women of the late 19th century. I thought it was cool that ...

Mary Cassatt has been mostly remembered as the master of domestic scenes between mothers and children, an American painter loosely affiliated with the French Impressionists. Closer scrutiny to her ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt was one of the few women (and the only American) invited to join the circle of ...