Woman and Child
Mary Cassatt captures a wonderfully unglamorous, deeply intimate moment between a mother and her toddler. The child, looking slightly squished and wide-eyed, wraps a chubby arm around the woman's neck while she presses a tender kiss to their cheek. Cassatt, an American who became a key figure in the French Impressionist movement, was famous for elevating the everyday lives of women and children into high art. Her loose, expressive brushstrokes here make the scene feel like a fleeting, candid snapshot rather than a stiff, formal portrait.
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