Which pictures did Mary Cassatt show in 1879? On this page you will find an accounted impression of the 11+1hc=12 art-works that Mary Cassatt showed at the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1879 (catalogue numbers 46-56+hc). Most of them were portraits. Some of them are pearls of impressionist painting (see especially no.48+49), see how she renders the influence of light and shade on the colour of the skin and the dresses and the brightness of the colours. No.46 is made in a more traditional style. I render the pictures by format, number and theme. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Clarification:
Some suggestions are (quite) certain, others (very) uncertain. Sometimes I render more than one option, see account. Sometimes I only could find a black and white picture; than to compare I will render a similar painting. See links for the identification of paintings, the subscriptions and see for the sources at the bottom of the main page on Mary Cassatt .
Recommanded citation: “Impressionism: Mary Cassatt, an impression of her pictures at the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1879. Last modified 2024/01/26. https://www.impressionism.nl/cassatt-1879-expo/.”