Mary Cassatt, 1886 - Child in a Straw Hat - fine art print

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In her frequent depictions of children, Mary Cassatt invested relatively quiet and unexceptional moments with considerable dynamism in handling and composition.

Child in a Straw Hat is one of many paintings Cassatt made of little girls appearing to play dress-up. But where Cassatt often portrayed girls taking pleasure in the act of role-playing, here the child’s expression suggests that she is not enjoying herself. Isolated and required to stand still, her demeanor conveys a mixture of pensiveness, frustration, and boredom. While the subject matter captures a languid moment, the paint is handled energetically. Broad, visible brushstrokes are used throughout the composition, forming abstract patterns in some areas, such as the white sleeves of the blouse and smock. The paint was applied quickly and directly to the canvas, in a manner referred to as alla prima, which lends an appearance of spontaneity to the work.

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The artpiece was created by the American painter Mary Cassatt. The more than 130 year old original had the exact size: 65,3 x 49,2 cm (25 11/16 x 19 3/8 in) and was painted with the medium oil on canvas. Today, this work of art forms part of the National Gallery of Art's art collection, which is located in Washington D.C., United States of America. With courtesy of: National Gallery of Art, Washington (public domain).The creditline of the artpiece is the following: . What is more, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter, graphic artist, printmaker Mary Cassatt was a North American artist from United States, whose style can mainly be assigned to Impressionism. The North American artist was born in the year 1844 in Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, United States, neighborhood and deceased at the age of 82 in the year 1926 in Le Mesnil-Theribus, Hauts-de-France, France.

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