A Woman and a Girl Driving
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926
Date:
1881Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
35 5/16 × 51 3/8 inches (89.7 × 130.5 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
W1921-1-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1921
1881Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
35 5/16 × 51 3/8 inches (89.7 × 130.5 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 111, American Art, first floor
Accession Number:W1921-1-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1921
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american impressionism [x] carriage [x] child [x] daily life [x] impressionist [x] in charge [x] mother and child [x]The modern subject matter, odd viewpoint, and blurred detail of this painting make it strikingly different from those of Cassatt’s American contemporaries. Though born and raised in Pennsylvania, Cassatt traveled to France for additional artistic training and remained there for the rest of her life. In Paris she took up the radical stylistic innovations of the Impressionists, becoming the only American invited to join their ranks.
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