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On the Balcony by Mary Cassatt

On the Balcony

Mary Cassatt · 1873

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Artist
Mary Cassatt
Date
1873
Location
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Culture
United States
ART MOVEMENTS
ImpressionismTonalism
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THE ARTIST

Mary Cassatt

1844–1926 · United States

Mary Cassatt, an American painter and printmaker, captured the intimate world of women and children with remarkable tenderness, often exhibiting with the Impressionists in France.

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Maternal Caress Maternal Caress 1896 · Philadelphia Museum of Art After the Bullfight After the Bullfight 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago On a Balcony On a Balcony 1879 · Art Institute of Chicago The Child's Bath The Child's Bath 1893 · Art Institute of Chicago Nurse and Child Nurse and Child 1896 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the Opera Box (No. 3) In the Opera Box (No. 3) 1875 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lydia and Her Mother at Tea Lydia and Her Mother at Tea 1875 · Cleveland Museum of Art Afternoon Tea Party Afternoon Tea Party 1890 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys Degas · 1860 · Art Institute of Chicago Alfred Sisley Alfred Sisley Renoir · 1864 · Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme) Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme) Manet · 1864 · Art Institute of Chicago The Banks of the Marne in Winter The Banks of the Marne in Winter Pissarro · 1866 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Beyond Cassatt and Impressionism: works from the same years, and from the other movements On the Balcony belongs to.

Mountain View at Bormio (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook) Same movement · Tonalism Mountain View at Bormio (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook) John Singer Sargent · 1869 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cart with Red and White Ox Same era · 1850s–1880s Cart with Red and White Ox Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Kröller-Müller Museum Barks Fleeing Before the Storm Same era · 1850s–1880s Barks Fleeing Before the Storm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1850s–1880s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1850s–1880s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1850s–1880s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art A Turn in the Road Same era · 1850s–1880s A Turn in the Road Alfred Sisley · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago The Artist's House at Argenteuil Same era · 1850s–1880s The Artist's House at Argenteuil Claude Monet · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago
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