101. Cassatt, Two Young Women in a Loge, 1882

Image details

TitleTwo Young Women in a Loge

Creator nameCassatt, Mary

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions80 × 64 cm

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46571.html

Accession number1963.10.96

SubjectsTheater in artWomen--PortraitsImpressionism (Art)--United StatesFans in artBouquetsAudiences in artWomen artists

Related content: Chapters (3) Images (7)

Select a chapter below to view this image within the text.

Chapter 5. Impressionism (1879–1886)

Nancy Mowll Mathews

Mary Cassatt: A Life

~Mary Cassatt made her real debut at the age of thirty-four when the Impressionist exhibition opened on April 10, 1879. While we know little about what kind of “openings” the Impressionists held, it was common at that time to have a reception of some sort for which invitations were sent to friends, family, and VIPs to see the exhibition before it was open to...

Author

Nancy Mowll Mathews

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.133-177

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00343.5

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23331&redirecttoanchor=19849

Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--United StatesImpressionism (Art)--France--ExhibitionsTheater--France--ParisWomen artists--United States--19th centuryPainting, American--19th centuryCassatt, Mary, 1844-1926Expatriate artists--France

3. Blank Mourning: Portraiture and Separation

Tamar Garb

The Painted Face: Portraits of Women in France, 1814–1914

~~IN 1889 MARY CASSATT, EVA GONZALÈS’S erstwhile contemporary and fellow Realist, was occupied with the last of four portraits in oil that she painted of her mother, Katherine Cassatt, then aged 74...

Author

Tamar Garb

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.101-137

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00298.3

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22347&redirecttoanchor=19849

Chapter subject tags:Mourning customs in artWomen--PortraitsDeath in artDomestic space in artBooks and reading in artImpressionism (Art)

Free

4. Theater, Opera, and Dance

Robert L. Herbert

Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society

The editorialist of Le Temps was of the few who struck such a sour note in 1867. Like the visiting monarchs, most Parisians and visitors in the year of the Universal Exposition enjoyed to the fullest the various entertainments that made Paris “the theater of nations.” The appearance of Thérésa in a proper theater—she had been booked into...

Author

Robert L. Herbert

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.93-139

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00067.008

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15805&redirecttoanchor=19849

Chapter subject tags:Opéra de ParisDegas, Edgar, 1834-1917Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883Impressionism (Art)--FranceMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in artLeisure in art--France--History--19th centuryCassatt, Mary, 1844-1926Ballet--Pictorial works--France--19th centuryProstitution--France--Paris--19th centuryPerrot, Jules, 1810-1892

Loading Images

Note: Some of the images of artworks presented on this platform were not sourced from the original print publication. However, in order to preserve the scholarly record of the print publication, all original image captions and credit lines have been retained on the platform. Learn more about our image policies.