Mary CassattAmerican, 1844–1926The Caress
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Minneapolis, United States
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About the work
Mary Cassatt is famous for her sensitive depictions of women and children and their loving relationships. Well known for her paintings and pastels, she was also a highly accomplished printmaker, executing over 200 prints. An overwhelming number are intimate portrayals of mothers and children. This one, disarming in its simplicity, is among Cassatt’s tenderest.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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- Accession number
- 2004.254.5
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Mary Cassatt
The whole life1890s
Mentor to young Americans
The 1890s are the busiest and most creative period of Mary’s life: young American artists seek her advice and support, and she introduces Lucy A. Bacon to Camille Pissarro.
1891
Bertha Palmer commissions a mural
Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer asks Mary to paint a 12 × 58 ft mural on “Modern Woman” for the Women’s Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Palmer thought Cassatt an American treasure and could think of no one better.
1891
Colour prints inspired by Japanese woodcuts
Mary exhibits a series of highly original colour drypoints and aquatints, among them “Woman Bathing” and “The Coiffure”, inspired by the Japanese masters shown in Paris the year before. She was drawn to the simplicity and clarity of Japanese design and its skilful use of blocks of colour.
