Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Art and Beauty Tuesday--Mary Cassatt


Mary Cassatt was an American painter famous for her paintings of mothers and children.  I was drawn to the painterly style in this one entitled Mother Holding Her Baby 1917. It really shows that mothers and babies are the same throughout time.

4 comments:

kkollwitz said...

For most men I expect that Cassatt's paintings are always a bit of a revelation.

Staying in Balance said...

I never thought of that. I bet you're right.

Barbara Schoeneberger said...

Mary Cassatt is one of my favorite impressionist painters. As a photographer I tried to emulate what she painted in my "Madonna" portraits of mother and child. Thanks for this beautiful painting.

Staying in Balance said...

What a wonderful artist to emulate!

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