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The Child by Mary Cassatt

The Child

Mary Cassatt · 1905

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Artist
Mary Cassatt
Date
1905
Location
Speed Art Museum
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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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 Maternal Caress Maternal Caress 1896 · Philadelphia Museum of Art 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 The Child 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 Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Same era · 1890s–1920s Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1906 · Museum Frieder Burda Barber Same era · 1890s–1920s Barber Mikhail Larionov · 1907 · Russian Museum Antwerp Same era · 1890s–1920s Antwerp Georges Braque · 1906 · Art Institute of Chicago Half-Length Female Nude Same era · 1890s–1920s Half-Length Female Nude Pablo Picasso · 1906 · Art Institute of Chicago Mont Sainte-Victoire Same era · 1890s–1920s Mont Sainte-Victoire Paul Cézanne · 1904 · Detroit Institute of Arts Olive Trees at Collioure Same era · 1890s–1920s Olive Trees at Collioure Henri Matisse · 1906 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Consolation Same era · 1890s–1920s Consolation Edvard Munch · 1907 · Munch Museum
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