Tag: Lydia Cassatt

Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge (1879)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 59.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife…

Lydia Cassatt

(1837–1882) Lydia Simpson Cassatt Lydia in Art: Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia     Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Cup of Tea c.1880–1881 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born…

The Cup of Tea (1880-1881)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Cup of Tea c.1880–1881 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taking afternoon tea was a social ritual for many upper-middle-class women. Committed to portraying the ordinary events of everyday…

Mary Cassatt

(1844–1926) Mary Stevenson Cassatt The artist’s works: Après la corrida 1873 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter 1873 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown On the Balcony 1873 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Woman on a Striped Sofa 1876 Fogg…