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This groundbreaking study, the definitive introduction to the work of artist Mary Cassatt, places her work in the wider context of nineteenth-century feminism and art theory and is now updated with color illustrations.
This groundbreaking study redefines the status of the beloved American artist Mary Cassatt, placing her work in the wider context of nineteenth- century feminism and art theory. Mary Cassatt looks at the artist’s work in light of her time as an advocate for women’s intellectual life and political emancipation. Esteemed by her contemporaries for her commitment to what she and her radical colleagues in Paris termed "the new art"—now called impressionism—Cassatt brought her discerning gaze and compositional inventiveness to the study of the subtle, often psychological, social interactions of women in public and private spaces. Paperback, 280 pages.
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) was a bold modernist pioneer a fiercely professional artist, a committed member of the French Impressionist movement, an aesthetically radical painter, pastelist, and printmaker Mary Cassatt at Work delves into the artist’s processes and materials, exploring the daring, experimental methods she used to produce her celebrated images of women and children.
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