Mary CassattVerenigde Staten, 1844–1926Het kinderbad
The Child's Bath
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Ja, nu te zien
Waar is „Het kinderbad” nu? Art Institute of Chicago, Zaal 184, Chicago. Ja, nu te zien. Gecontroleerd 29 september 2026.
Chicago, Verenigde Staten
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Over het schilderij
Het kinderbad (Engels: The Child's Bath) is een schilderij van Mary Cassatt. Deze voorstelling uit 1893 van een moeder die de voeten van haar dochter wast, is een van Cassatts bekendste werken. Sinds 1910 maakt het deel uit van de collectie van het Art Institute in Chicago.
In de woorden van het museum
The Child’s Bath is a tender portrayal of familial closeness, a subject that Mary Cassatt explored throughout her career. The caregiver’s cheek brushing the child’s shoulder, her encircling embrace, and the child’s pudgy hand on her knee suggest an emotional bond between the two.
Captivated by a large exhibition of Japanese prints in Paris in 1890, Cassatt set out to produce a series of color prints influenced by Japanese aesthetics. She then continued her investigation across media, culminating in this bold composition, with its dramatically flattened picture plane, decorative patterning, and bright palette.
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Wat het toont
In de catalogus
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- Art Institute of Chicago
- Afbeelding: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain (PD-Art)
In het leven van Mary Cassatt
Het hele leven1890s
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
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.
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.
