Mary Cassatt Brings Girls and Women into the Museum
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Image caption: Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.18. NGA article by Katy Hessel. National Gallery of Art.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, art historian and author Katy Hessel digs into the lives and practices of five women artists in our collection. Learn why she considers them some of the greats.
A little girl, flopped on a silky-blue, patterned armchair, gazes lovingly at her dog.
She’s probably around five or six, not yet conscious of how she appears. She exudes liberation. Her only concern, at this sweet and tender moment, is for her tiny, furry dog, who rests, sleepily mimicking her stance in the opposite chair. […]
