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Description: Children Playing on the Beach

TitleChildren Playing on the Beach

Creator nameCassatt, Mary

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1884

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52163.html

Accession number1970.17.19

SubjectsPainting, American--19th centuryWomen artistsChildren in artImpressionism (Art)--United States

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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=92329

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

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