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Mary Cassatt

Simone in a Blue Bonnet, ca. 1903

Description

Maker

  • Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926, American

Title

Simone in a Blue Bonnet

Year

ca. 1903

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

61 x 52.1 cm (24 x 20 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Unsigned

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

60.095

Projects & Publications

Publications

Mary Cassatt

Friends and Family

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange

From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

After moving to Paris to acquire advanced artistic training, Cassatt became the only American to participate in the groundbreaking French Impressionist exhibitions of the 1870s and 1880s. Her female models were often members of her Paris household or neighbors from her nearby country home.

Cassatt made numerous studies of a little girl named Simone, frequently posing her in colorful bonnets. In this unfinished portrait, she skillfully models the child’s face then sketches her hair and costume with thick strokes of paint. She projects the figure forward from a dark background, but otherwise preserves the natural brightness of the canvas, an Impressionist technique that assured a light overall tonality.

An American Idyll

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

American Paintings from the Museum's Collection

February 10 - April 1, 1999

After Eden

April 26 - December 29, 1996

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

American Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

June 26, 1987 - January 3, 1988

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University

February 16 - April 2, 1967

Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries

Use

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