Detail View: The AMICA Library: La Toilette
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1910.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Cassatt, Mary
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Dates/Places:
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American; 1844-1926 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Mary Cassatt
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Title:
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The Child's Bath
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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La Toilette
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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1893
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Creation Start Date:
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1893
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Creation End Date:
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1893
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Creation Place:
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Europe,France
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Dimensions:
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39 1/2 x 26 in. (100.3 x 66.1 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1910.2
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Robert A. Waller Fund
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower left: "Mary Cassatt"
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Rights:
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Context:
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Born outside Pittsburgh, Mary Cassatt lived most of her adult life in France. Her work was exhibited in Paris for the first time at the 1872 Salon, and was included in the annual Impressionist exhibitions from 1879 to 1886. Like the Impressionists, Cassatt studied the transformative effects of light on form, and she was influenced by Japanese prints, from which she derived her characteristic manipulation of perspective and bold use of patterns. Cassatt began depicting intimate yet unsentimental scenes ofmothers and children in the late 1880s. These paintings have been interpreted by some scholars as a reworking of the Madonna and Child theme.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E09029.TIF
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