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“Mary Cassatt at Work” exposes the dedication, drive, innovation and independent spirit of American Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. Paintings, pastels and prints in the magnificent ...
“Mary Cassatt at Work,” an exhibition of over 130 artworks and personal correspondence on view now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (the PMA has 84 works by the artist, one of the largest ...
PHILADELPHIA — “Mary Cassatt at Work” is a large and mostly satisfying exhibition devoted to the career of the great American artist beloved for her sensitive and often sentimental views of ...
”Mary Cassatt at Work” examines the artist’s printmaking processes in detail. Cassatt used this drawing in preparation for her color print, ”The Letter.” (Emma Lee/WHYY) Cassatt owned her own printing ...
Mary Cassatt reshaped the art world by elevating everyday domestic moments into beautiful Impressionist works of art. Discover how she championed the visibility of women as both subject and artist ...
Often employing ground-breaking techniques and unconventional staging, her prints conveyed women in more solitary activities, such as reading, knitting, playing instruments, or having a private moment ...
The Legion of Honor’s new exhibition, “Mary Cassatt at Work,” unveils the artist’s nuanced understanding of womanhood and creative process through over 100 works.
Mary Cassatt inspires a kind of synesthesia in my body. The American Impressionist created works of such vibrancy, yet softness, that I feel touched by the energy in the strokes of her brush and ...
But Mary Cassatt was primarily an artist. She worked daily from 8 in the morning till sunset, refusing to leave her easel until sunlight failed. Her evenings she spent on etchings, ...
This print of a woman licking the envelope of a letter she is about to mail was made by the American artist Mary Cassatt. It was one of a set of 10 ...
That would be Mary Cassatt, the 29-year-old Pennsylvania-born artist. She was the first American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists and one of the few women to gain that distinction.