An American in Paris: Cassatt, Degas, and the Impressionists in the 1870s

Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, Art of the Americas “I took leave of conventional art,” related Mary Cassatt about her arrival in Paris in 1874. “I began to live.” Explore Cassatt’s innovative paintings and prints in the context of the international art scene of the French capital at the dawn of the Impressionist movement. April 12, 2016