EOS: Mary Cassatt
Tickets: £12
Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, feminine and real, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in art.
Presenting her astonishing prints, pastels, and paintings, this film introduces us to the often-overlooked Impressionist whose own career was as full of contradiction as the women she painted.
She printed, sketched, and painted dozens of images of mothers and children yet she never married or had children herself. She was a classically trained artist but chose to join a group of Parisian radicals –the Impressionists – a movement that transformed the language of art.
The world’s most eminent Cassatt curators and scholars help tell this riveting tale of great social and cultural change; a time when women were fighting for their rights and the language of art was completely rewritten. Mary Cassatt and her modern women were at the heart of it all.
Reviews
“This is an excellent opportunity for art enthusiasts and historians to learn more about the incredible work of Mary Cassatt and to celebrate the often-unsung contributions of women to the world of art”
“Art lovers will enjoy the way the camera lingers on Cassatt’s gorgeous Japanese-inspired later works”
“The world’s most eminent Cassatt curators enlighten this story of social and cultural change”
“Immerse yourself in the work of this often-overlooked artist and listen to insights from curators and scholars that uncover the deeper meanings of these portraits.”