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) Le thé c.1880 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926)…

Le thé (c.1880)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le thé (The Tea) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 92.07 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Cassatt’s paintings often document the social interactions of well-to-do women like herself. The activities they depict—tea drinking, going to the…

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 Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873…