Bajo el castaño de Indias
1896-1897
Mary Cassatt captures a tender, everyday moment here, lifting a curly-haired toddler high into the air beneath the dappled shade of a horse chestnut tree. She created this piece after her friend Edgar Degas challenged her to master printmaking, leading to a groundbreaking series in the 1890s heavily inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. As the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists, she was famous for her intimate portraits of mothers and children. Notice the bold, flat areas of color and the high viewpoint—it’s a perfect example of how she blended Western subject matter with Eastern aesthetics to create something entirely fresh.
- Technique
- drypoint and aquatint
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