Monday, March 14, 2011

Monday Morning Museum: Mary Stevenson Cassatt





Mary Stevenson Cassatt – Wednesday 22 May 1844 Alleghany City, Pennsylvania to Monday 14 June 1926 Château de Beaufresne, France

American Impressionist Painter


Although Cassatt is primarily known for portraying women and children in her paintings, this is a landscape from early in her career – Picking Flowers in a Field, circa 1875




Last Monday’s Artist – Gustav Klimt
Next Monday’s Artist – Edgar Degas


Images:
Left: Spring: Margot Standing in a Garden, 1902 from the website sirismm.si.edu
Center: Lilacs in a Window, 1880-1883 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Young Woman in Green, Outdoors in the Sun, 1914 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent


Monday Morning Museum logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

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