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An 1890-1 coloured etching, The Letter, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. The areas of flat colour, distinct outlines, and playful perspective all show the influence of Japanese prints on the artist. (National...

A c. 1886 oil on canvas, The Family, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. The subject of mother and child was one Cassatt returned to again and again, often, as here, with a distinct Madonna-esque pose combined...

An 1878 oil on canvas, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. The art historian J. H. Rubin notes: "The sense of casual observation and intimacy, combined with a wilful use of blue...

An 1878 oil on canvas, Reading Le Figaro, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. The choice of newspaper, one usually read by men in this period, indicates the artists' intention to show the model, her mother, as...

An 1891 drypoint and aquatint, In the Omnibus, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. This colour print was one of ten the artist included in her first solo exhibition in 1891. (National Gallery of Art, Washington...

A c. 1885 oil on canvas, The Sisters, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Glasgow Art Gallery, Scotland)

An 1878-9 oil on canvas, Woman Reading in the Garden, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

An 1897 oil on canvas, Breakfast in Bed, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Huntingdon Library and Art Gallery, San Marino)

An 1890 oil on canvas, Young Mother Sewing, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

An 1873 oil on canvas, Offering the Panel to the Bullfighter, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA)