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A 4 page tutorial which presents a look at two works of an Impressionist painter seen in the Art Institute of Chicago. The artist discussed is Mary Cassatt and her works that are examined are Mother and Child (1888) and The Child’s Bath or La Toilette (1893). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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it has a great deal of artists and paintings to examine, and also to choose from when picking a particular artist and work. With that in mind the following paper
takes two paintings from Mary Cassatt, the one famous woman who was part of the Impressionism movement, and analyzes their artistic worth. The paintings examined are Mother and Child (1888)
and The Childs Bath or La Toilette (1893). Mary Cassatt When a person visits a museum of art they can either look at paintings, with no understanding of the
artist or time period in which they were painted, and thus only gain a personal understanding of the painting. However, in order to really understand an artist and their work
one must know something of the artist and their personal life. In the case of Mary Cassatt it is interesting and informative to know that she was the one true
famous woman in an art movement that is traditionally associated with many men. And, not surprisingly, she is perhaps the one true Impressionist artist who offered up images of women
and children. One author notes the following: "Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) is an artist of surprises--mostly small, but often subtle and profound. Known to this day as a painter of mothers
and children, a sobriquet given in her lifetime, she approached this, her favorite subject, with the surprisingly unsentimental but sympathetic clarity she used to address all her subjects" (Art Institute
of Chicago [2]). From a historical perspective we also note that at the time Cassatt was painting the society as a whole had begun to urge mothers to take
the active role in caring for their children, as opposed to giving up that care to a wet nurse or a nanny (Art Institute of Chicago [1]). This knowledge helps
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