Gender and art

Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878.

WASHINGTON, DC.- Edgar Degas's (1834–1917) influence on fellow impressionist Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) is widely known, but her role in shaping his work and introducing him to American audiences is fully examined for the first time in Degas/Cassatt. On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington—the sole venue worldwide—from May 11 through October 5, 2014, the exhibition includes some 70 works in a variety of media. Groundbreaking technical analysis is presented by conservators and scientists who examined key works by both artists.

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Mary Cassatt, Young Woman in Black (Portrait of Madame J), 1883.

When Edgar Degas was presented to Mary Cassatt, he met his match. Their artistic dialogue, close and collaborative, was that of equals. Their friendship endured until Degas’s death in 1917. The exhibition Degas/Cassatt, which opens Sunday at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, presents a lively picture of their working relationship over a period of some ten years.

Degas/Cassatt

on view from May 11 through October 5, 2014

The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2014/degas-cassatt.html