![]() She managed to convey a mediocre yet romantic act of being the viewer and not the one who is being watched. Mary Cassatt depicted a woman in the audience watching the dancers instead. Fellow French impressionists like Renoir and Degas painted beautiful dances and the life that was happening both upon and behind the stage. ![]() Theater, ballet, and opera were common themes in the early works of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. The Impressionists were inspired by modern life and entertainment in the City of Lights. The painting featured a stylish Parisian woman prepared for an afternoon performance at the opera. Premiering in Boston in 1878, it was well-received and reviewed by local art critics as one of the best works of art seen in the city. In the Loge is the first of Cassatt’s Impressionist works to be exhibited in the United States. In the Loge, 1878 In the Loge by Mary Cassatt, 1878, via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Little Girl in a Blue Armchair captured a child in repose in a way that was lovely and relatable. The painting was a delightful and refreshing change from the other works displayed at the 1879 Impressionist Exhibition, not quite a portrait and not quite a landscape, depicting everyday people. We are then led towards the adorable resting puppy juxtaposed with the little girl, who each appears to be resting in their own way. The viewer is drawn to the light that is coming from the doors at the rear of the painting. In her first exhibition with the Impressionist painters in 1879, Cassatt reworked this painting with the help of her friend Edgar Degas who frequently experimented with new painting styles and mediums during this time. In this captured moment between rest and play, Cassatt created a dynamic interaction using vibrant brushstrokes and an off-centered focal point. The work is a testament to her newly established relationship with the Impressionists and her freer style of painting. Little Girl in the Blue Armchair is considered Mary Cassatt’s earliest Impressionist painting. Mary Cassatt: Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878 Little Girl in a Blue Armchair by Mary Cassatt, 1878, via National Gallery of Art, Washington This is widely considered to be the time that Mary Cassatt officially became an impressionist painter. Two of Mary Cassatt’s most iconic paintings on display included Woman with a Fan and Little Girl in a Blue Armchair. Claude Monet’s Rue Montorgueil premiered at the exhibition and was an instant favorite, drawing nearly 15,000 people to the exhibition where Mary Cassatt premiered her work. Other artists featured in the 1879 Fourth Impressionist Exhibition were Edgar Degas, Gustave Caillebotte, and Camille Pissarro. Her first exhibit with the Impressionists in 1879 included eleven of her works and was one of her most profitable exhibits. Mary Cassatt moved to Paris in 1874 and befriended the famous impressionist painter Edgar Degas. Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris Woman with a Fan by Mary Cassatt, 1878/1879, via National Gallery of Art, Washington
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