La Toilette
c. 1891
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 26 in.
The Art Institute of Chicago
Young Mother
1900
Oil on canvas
92.4 x 73.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Young Woman Trying on a Dress
1890-91
Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper
37.7 x 25.6 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago
Lady at the Tea Table
1883
Oil on canvas
73.4 x 61 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Summertime
c. 1894
Oil on canvas
100.7 x 81.3 cm
Terra Foundation for the Arts
Young Women Picking Fruit
1891/92
Oil on canvas
132 x 91.5 cm
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Mother and Child
c. 1900
Pastel on tan wove paper
71 x 58.5 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago
Mother and Child
1889
Oil on canvas
90 x 64.5 cm
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
Portrait of a Little Girl
1878
Oil on canvas
89.5 x 129.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Letter
1890-91
Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper
34.5 x 21.1 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago
Le the (Five O'Clock Tea)
1880
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 36 1/2 in (64.7 x 92.7 cm)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Lydia Seated at an Embroidery Frame
1880/81
Oil on canvas
65.5 x 92 cm
Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan
Driving
1881
Oil on canvas
89.3 x 130.8 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly
1880
Oil on canvas
26 x 37 in (66 x 94 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Children on the Beach
1884
Oil on canvas
38 1/2 x 29 1/4 in (97.6 x 74.2 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Child Picking a Fruit
1893
Oil on canvas
100 x 65 cm
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
The Bath
1890-91
Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper
36.8 x 26.3 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Banjo Lesson
1893/94
Pastel over oiled pastel on tan wove paper
72.2 x 58.6 cm
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Autumn
1880
Oil on canvas
93 x 65 cm
Musee du Petit Palais, Paris
Young Girl at a Window
c. 1883
Oil on canvas
100.3 x 64.7 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
The Boating Party
1893-94
Oil on canvas
90.2 x 117.5 cm (35 1/2 x 46 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Girl Arranging Her Hair
1886
Oil on canvas
29 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (75.1 x 62.5 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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MARY CASSATT Biography
Mary Cassatt.
Reproduced by permission of Archive Photos, Inc.
remains known as the painter and poet of the nursery.
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Born: May 23, 1845
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: June 14, 1926
Mesnil-Beaufresne, France
American painter and artist
American painter Mary Cassatt is considered a member of the French impressionists, a nineteenth-century style that emphasized impressions of scenes or objects. Best known for her series of paintings of a mother and child, she also portrayed fashionable society.
Early life and career
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 23, 1845, the second of Robert and Katherine Johnson Cassatt's four children. As a child she lived for a time in France. The family then moved to Germany so that one son could pursue his studies in engineering, while another son could gain special medical attention. Upon returning to the United States in 1855, Mary studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1866, against her father's wishes, she began her travels in Italy, Spain, and Holland. She finally settled in Paris, France, where she shocked her parents by revealing her intentions to pursue a career as a painter.
In 1866 Cassatt began her studies in France, where she came to know other famed French painters, such as Charles Chaplin and Thomas Couture (1815–1879). After a pair of rejections, she exhibited at the Salon (French art galleries) and met the famed painter Edgar Degas (1834–1917), who later became her mentor (advisor).
Soaring career
Despite Cassatt's success at the Salon, her heart lay with the impressionists, and in 1877, at Degas's suggestion, she joined the group and exhibited with them in 1879. Her work sold well, particularly in Philadelphia, and she in turn bought paintings by the French impressionists. She also helped American friends, such as the Havemeyers, form their collections of impressionist paintings. Cassatt remained strongly American, as do many expatriates (those living abroad). She wrote the American painter J. Alden Weir (1852–1919) that "at some future time I shall see New York the artists' ground."
Cassatt's brother, Alexander, brought his family to Paris in 1880, the first of many trips. Although she never married, she was enchanted by her nieces and nephews and excelled in painting children, who dominate her subject matter. Although her early works were done in an impressionist style, she
Painting style
Cassatt stopped being an impressionist painter midway through her career. Her early works portray the delicacy, the effects, the play of light and shadow of the style, but she never seemed to use broken colors and her use of complementary colors was slight. Paintings like La Lo have impressionistic qualities and have the instant effect of being caught out of the corner of the eye. Her paintings of mothers and children, however, are figurative and three-dimensional. The drawing is classical and complete, and the color, far from being light and separated into its component parts, is flat and sometimes rather sharp, much like the Japanese prints that influenced her so much. These careful figure studies, completely finished, seem to exist entirely in the atmosphere of the nursery, with no sound except the little cries.
The paintings of Mary Cassatt, filled with light and joy, give a false impression of this strong-minded and somewhat difficult woman. She was at her best in her relations with other artists, for only in this environment did she consider herself among her intellectual equals. In later life she suffered from ill health and failing eyesight and was totally blind at her death. She died in her home at Mesnil-Beaufresne, France, on June 14, 1926.
Thank you, Kate for hosting the tea time Tuesday event. Ever since I started my blog here at blogspot, It was Kate who inspired me to the English tea world. I am truly fascinated by English tea traditions and history. I've been drinking black tea and absolutely enjoy it!! Please visit Kate's fabulous blog today!!
Bow of thanks before tea time has three meanings:
Asian tea cups are smaller than European tea cups, and also lack a handle. My friend, who is a tea master keeps tea ware on the tea table all year round, covers it with a cloth when not using it. After our dinner, we had a lot of tea. Our tea time ended up going past midnight!!! Since we only see each other once a year, we make up lost time, by having tea time.
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