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- ‘Sara Holding A Cat’ was created in c.1908 by Mary Cassatt in Impressionism style.
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Mary Cassatt painted Sara Holding a Cat, circa 1907-08, during her final, and most serious, exploration of the theme of the single child. Cassatt received much acclaim for her pictures of this subject, returning to the theme throughout her career and investigating it in various mediums.
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas and...
- An Independent, Self-Made Education
- Study with Jean-Léon Gêrôme and Other Famous Artists in Paris
- Exhibiting at The Paris Salon
- Her Friendship with Edgar Degas and Other Impressionists
- Inspiration in Japanese Printmaking
- Mothers and Their Children Were Her Favorite Subjects
- She Supported Women’s Rights After She Could No Longer Paint
- Auctioned Paintings by Mary Cassatt
Even though her parents objected, Cassattenrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts when she was 15 years old. However, she was bored by the tedious pace of the courses and found the attitudes of the male students and teachers towards her condescending. She was not allowed the same privileges as the male students; she was not permitted t...
One of the private tutors she studied under in Paris was Jean-Léon Gêrôme, a well-known instructor regarded for the eastern influences in his art and his hyper-realistic style. Classic elements of this style included rich patterns and bold colors as well as intimate spaces. Cassatt also studied with French landscape painter Charles Chaplin and Thom...
In 1868, one of Cassatt’s pieces entitled A Mandolin Playerwas accepted for exhibition by the Paris Salon. This made her one of the first two women artists to have their work exhibited at the Salon, the other artist being Elizabeth Jane Gardner. This helped establish Cassatt as a forerunning painter in France and she continued to submit work to the...
Despite their early mutual appreciation for each other’s work, Cassatt and fellow Impressionist painter Edgar Degasdid not meet until 1877. After a rejection of a submission at the Paris Salon, Cassatt was invited by Degas to exhibit with the Impressionists, who were drawn together by the similarity of their techniques. This included the applicatio...
Cassatt, along with other Impressionist painters, took inspiration from the Japanese Ukiyo-e, or everyday life, style of painting. She was first introduced to the style when an exhibition featuring the Japanese masters came to Paris in 1890. She was enamored by the straightforward simplicity of line etching and bright, block colors in Japanese prin...
Although she experimented with different subjects, Cassatt’s best-known works depicted domestic scenes, often featuring children and their mothers. These depictions primarily of the private sphere differed from that of her male contemporaries; the women in her art were not shown in relation to the men in their lives. These pieces not only elucidate...
Throughout her life and career, Cassatt objected to being a ‘woman artist’ rather than just an artist. As a woman, she had been excluded from coursework, certain subject matters, university degrees, and even meeting with the Impressionist group in certain public capacities. She wanted the same rights as her male contemporaries and fought against an...
Children Playing with a Dog by Mary Cassatt, 1907 Auction House: Christie’s, New York Price Realized: 4,812,500 USD Sold in 2007 Sara Holding a Cat by Mary Cassatt, 1907-08 Auction House: Christie’s, New York Prize Realized: 2,546,500 USD Sold in 2000 A Goodnight Hug by Mary Cassatt, 1880 Auction House: Sotheby’s, New York Price Realized: 4,518,200...
When painter, printmaker and draughtsman Mary Cassatt settled in Paris in 1874, the French art world was a fiercely male environment even among avant-garde Impressionist circles. As both an American and a woman, Cassatt was an outsider.
Mary Cassatt executed Sketch for 'Sara Holding a Cat' circa 1908 during her final and most serious exploration of the theme of the single child. Cassatt received much acclaim for her pictures of this subject, returning to the theme throughout her career and investigating it in various media.
Object Details. Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 492. A young girl holds a cat close to her with both arms.
