Impressionism was born in 19th-century modern Paris and adopted the city’s daily life as its subject. However, the names of female painters were rare at the center of this change. In that era, Mary ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents works from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. Every second Sunday in May, we honor motherhood with flower bouquets, ...

The American painter depicted women caring for children, not posing for the male gaze. New exhibitions and books reappraise her legacy 100 years later. By Deborah Solomon The writer, an art critic, is ...

Historically, the subjects of Mary Cassatt’s Impressionist paintings—women and children who sit in gardens, lounge in armchairs and come together for afternoon tea—have sometimes been viewed as ...

Mary Cassatt's circa-1880 watercolor, one of only two known self-portraits by the artist (image public domain via the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC) You would be forgiven for assuming, ...