A passing glance at a Mary Cassatt piece may tempt you to dismiss her artwork as overly sentimental or her subject matter as overdone.
But with her careful depictions of domestic scenes and women’s work, the 19th-century Impressionist artist became a trailblazer in many aspects of modern art — a fact driven home by a new exhibit at the Legion of Honor.
Mary Cassatt, Maternal Caress, 1896. Oil on canvas, 15 x 21 1/4inches (38.1 x 54cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bequest of Aaron E. Carpenter, 1970, 1970-75-2. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Mary Cassatt, Woman Bathing, 1890–1891. Drypoint and soft-ground etching, plate 14 5/16x 10 in. (36.4 x 25.4 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund and William H. Noble Bequest Fund, 1980.1.8. Courtesy of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1877–1878. Oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 51 in. (89.5 x 129.5 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.18. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art
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