Gentle innovator. (exhibit 'Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman,' Art Institute of Chicago, through Jan. 10, 1999)

From: Town & Country | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Tuchman, Phyllis | Copyright information

Though we correctly associate Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) with quiet domestic scenes, her work is full of surprises. These are apparent in "Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," on view through January 10 at the Art Institute of Chicago (later traveling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.).

Instead of being content to lead a genteel life in her native Philadelphia, Cassatt settled in Paris in 1865 (her sister joined soon after; h...

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