by Artist (8)
Mary Cassatt (aka Mary Stevenson Cassatt)
American, 1844–1926
"In the later stages of her career, Cassatt increasingly focused on depicting individual young children rather than women with babies. In her earlier child portraits, she used her own nieces and nephews as the subjects. At this stage, those children had grown, and she turned to young models such as Françoise, who was most likely from the nearby village of Mesnil-Theribus, Oise.
For this work, the artist lavished care on the texture, color, and pattern of the voluminous blouse and skirt, conveying the character of the fabrics with quick strokes of a heavily loaded brush. In making this costume such a defining element of the composition, Cassatt may have been inspired by her recollection of figure and history paintings by seventeenth-century artists such as Velasquez and Rubens in which setting and costume play an important role."
American, 1844–1926
Francoise in Green, Sewing
1908–1909
Object Type:
Painting
Creation Place:
Northern Europe, French
Dimensions:
32 in. x 25 3/4 in. (81.28 cm x 65.41 cm)
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Accession Number:
2009.0006
Credit Line:
Gift of the Ida Belle Young Art Acquisition Fund
Currently On View
"In the later stages of her career, Cassatt increasingly focused on depicting individual young children rather than women with babies. In her earlier child portraits, she used her own nieces and nephews as the subjects. At this stage, those children had grown, and she turned to young models such as Françoise, who was most likely from the nearby village of Mesnil-Theribus, Oise.
For this work, the artist lavished care on the texture, color, and pattern of the voluminous blouse and skirt, conveying the character of the fabrics with quick strokes of a heavily loaded brush. In making this costume such a defining element of the composition, Cassatt may have been inspired by her recollection of figure and history paintings by seventeenth-century artists such as Velasquez and Rubens in which setting and costume play an important role."
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
Portfolio List
Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios:
Your current search criteria is: Portfolio is "Classification: Painting" and [Object]Nationality is "French".