C.3. Edgar Degas, Portrait of Mary Cassatt, ca

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TitlePortrait of Mary Cassatt

Creator nameDegas, Edgar

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1880–1884

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions71.4 × 58.7 cm

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.84.34

Accession numberNPG.84.34

SubjectsWomen--PortraitsPainting, French--19th centuryImpressionism (Art)--FranceWomen artistsArtists and models in art

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Chapter 5. Impressionism (1879–1886)

Nancy Mowll Mathews

Mary Cassatt: A Life

~Mary Cassatt made her real debut at the age of thirty-four when the Impressionist exhibition opened on April 10, 1879. While we know little about what kind of “openings” the Impressionists held, it was common at that time to have a reception of some sort for which invitations were sent to friends, family, and VIPs to see the exhibition before it was open to...

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Nancy Mowll Mathews

PublisherYale University Press

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https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00343.5

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Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--United StatesImpressionism (Art)--France--ExhibitionsTheater--France--ParisWomen artists--United States--19th centuryPainting, American--19th centuryCassatt, Mary, 1844-1926Expatriate artists--France

Conclusion

Bridget Alsdorf

Description: Fellow Men: Fantin-Latour and the Problem of the Group in Nineteenth-Century French...

Fellow Men: Fantin-Latour and the Problem of the Group in Nineteenth-Century French Painting

~SHORTLY before Degas made Six Friends at Dieppe, Fantin exhibited his fifth and last group portrait at the Paris Salon: Around the Piano, 1885 (plate 5). By this point, Fantin’s career and critical reputation were well established and his break with the impressionists firmly entrenched. He was returning to group portraiture after a long hiatus—his last effort was Corner of a Table, 1872 (plate...

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Bridget Alsdorf

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.228-242

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00049.009

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Chapter subject tags:Performance artGender identity in artGroup identity in artPhotography in art

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