Mary Cassatt, 1879 - On a Balcony - fine art print

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On a Balcony is an artwork painted by the American painter Mary Cassatt. The artwork was painted with the size: 89,9 × 65,2 cm (35 1/2 × 25 5/8 in) and was painted with the medium oil on canvas. The artpiece has the following text as inscrption: "signed lower left: "Mary Cassatt"". Moveover, the artpiece is included in the art collection of Art Institute Chicago, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. We are pleased to state that the work of art, which belongs to the public domain is being provided with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. Creditline of the artwork: Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of her aunt, Delia Spencer Field. In addition to this, the alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter, graphic artist, printmaker Mary Cassatt was an artist from United States, whose artistic style was primarily Impressionism. The North American artist lived for a total of 82 years, born in 1844 in Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, United States, neighborhood and died in 1926 in Le Mesnil-Theribus, Hauts-de-France, France.

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During her early Impressionist period, Mary Cassatt frequently captured the activities of middle- and upper-class women in society—at the theater or taking tea, for example. On a Balcony, which was shown in the 1880 Impressionist exhibition, appears to depict a woman in a public setting. However, the blue rail of the balcony, visible near the top of the painting, defines the enclosed space of a private garden, and the woman’s morning dress further indicates the intimacy of her location. Cassatt signaled the modernity of her subject through the woman’s choice of reading material: she peruses a newspaper rather than a novel, demonstrating that even at home, Cassatt’s subjects are connected to the contemporary world.