Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris

An intimate exhibition brings together rarely-seen treasures and iconic works by Mary Cassatt, marking 100 years since her death.

Mary Cassatt’s art and life reflect an independent spirit that defied expectations for women in her time. 

Explore three galleries in the National Gallery’s impressionist collection to look closely at how she worked. Some 40 paintings, drawings, and prints—largely drawn from our rich holdings of her work—show an artist shaped by tradition yet radically modern.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

Image credit:  

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 

1878, 

Mary Cassatt ( American, 1844 - 1926)  Oil on canvas, 

overall: 89.5 × 129.8 cm (35 1/4 × 51 1/8 in.) 

framed: 109.22 × 152.72 × 6.35 cm (43 × 60 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)  

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon