Posted in Paint Party, tagged Cassatt, Paint Party on October 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Famous Painters Party with Mary Cassatt
We had the October Famous Painter Party last night where we reproduced the Mary Cassatt “Lydia in the Garden Crocheting”. Plus we love the little pup sitting in her lap. We had a great time and the painters created beautiful paintings.
The next Famous Painters Party will be Tuesday, November 24th and we will paint a Camille Pissarro still life. Click here to register for it.
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Cassatt, Degas, Degas-Cassatt exhibit, National Gallery of Art on May 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Mary Cassatt’s Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878
Close-up of dog in Cassatt’s “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”
Sleeping Lincoln
Take time to go to the National Gallery of Art before the end of October to see two exhibits that are currently there – Degas/Cassatt and Andrew Wyeth.
The Degas/Cassatt exhibit features gorgeous paintings by the two artists, several from private collections that I had never seen, as well as many prints by the two with an explanation of how these became important during that time period. Of course, my favorite painting in the show by Cassatt is “Little Girl in a Blue Arm Chair”. I just know that the little dog in the opposite chair is an ancestor to my Lincoln. I always say that Lincoln thinks he should be leading the life of a wealthy French family’s dog!
Degas, Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery, 1885, private collection.
My favorite Degas’ are the two he painted of Cassatt and another woman at the Louvre and the pastel study of Cassatt for the painting. This is the first time I have seen the painting as it is in a private collection on loan to the show. I love the perspective of these.
Take time to go see this exhibit. It really gives insight into the way artists of the time work together, critiqued each other, and collected each others work.
Edgar Degas, “Mary Cassatt at the Louvre”, 1879, pastel, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Cassatt, Degas, Degas-Cassatt exhibit, National Gallery of Art on April 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Mary Cassatt’s Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878
Close-up of dog in Cassatt’s “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”
There is an exciting exhibit coming to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Degas/Cassatt opens on May 11 and will feature 70 pieces by the two Impressionists that will highlight their friendship. The curators there recently discovered that it appears that Degas may have actually painted a few strokes on the well-known Cassatt painting “Little Girl in Blue Armchair”. It’s fascinating. Read about it here.
Sleeping Lincoln
I love this painting that I have seen many time but a couple of years ago, right after Lincoln came to live with us, I had to take a double take when looking at the painting. It seems that Lincoln was a wealthy French dog in a former life. He has been reincarnated and now lives with us in Virginia. The pup in the painting looks just like my sleeping Lincoln.
Don’t you think?
The Studio 