100% Silk Scarf - Mary Cassatt : Duck - 140 x 40 cm

Main works

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878), Lydia in a Loge, Wearing a Pearl Necklace (1879), The Cup of Tea (1879), On the Balcony during the Carnival (1872). The Torero and the Young Girl (1873) Mother and Child (1890)

Artistic movements

Impressionism

Inspiration, influence

She was influenced by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Charles Chaplin, and later by Edgar Degas and Japanese prints by Utamaro and Toyokuni.

His contemporaries

Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Paul Durand-Ruel.

To keep in mind

Mary Cassatt is known for her intimate portraits of women and children, influenced by Japanese prints and her association with Degas. She helped to introduce Impressionism to the United States.