Mary Cassatt, Reading ‘La Figaro’, 1878, oil on canvas. Although perhaps most fa
Mary Cassatt, Reading ‘La Figaro’, 1878, oil on canvas. Although perhaps most famous for her depiction of motherhood Cassatt was also a pioneering painter of real everyday women who did not simply comply to a sentimental stereotype. Here we can see an example of the 'New Woman’ confident, independent and intellectual. -- source link
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