Mêre et enfant
ca. 1889
Medium
soft-ground etching
Dimensions
140; 219
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 219 mm x breedte 140 mm
Art Historical Context
Mary Cassatt's *Mêre et enfant* ( and Child), created around 1889, is a soft-ground etching measuring 219 mm high by 140 mm wide. As an American Impressionist who spent much of her career in, Cassatt was renowned for her intimate portrayals of women and children in everyday domestic scenes. This small-scale print exemplifies her fascination with motherhood, a recurring theme that challenged traditional gender roles by elevating private moments to subjects worthy of fine art. Soft-ground etching, a technique Cassatt mastered in the 1880s, allowed her to achieve fluid, drawing-like lines with a...
About the Artist
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter and printmaker who became the only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists. Born to a wealthy Pennsylvania family, she defied social conventions to pursue art professionally, settling permanently in Paris where Edgar Degas invited her to join the Impressionist group in 1877. Her paintings of mothers and children—rendered with Impre...