The Child's Bath (or The Bath ) is an oil painting of 1893 by American artist Mary Cassatt. Top subjects and perspectives are inspired by Japanese logs. It shows dignity in motherhood and has a style similar to Degas.
The Art Institute of Chicago acquired this work in 1910. Since then, it has become one of the most popular works in museums.
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Description
In 1891, Mary Cassatt made an oil painting with two subjects, a mother and a young man. The genre scene is based on the daily bath of a child, a "special moment with no special" moment. The female figure lifts the child firmly and protectively with his left hand while the other hand carefully washes the child's legs. Small left arm and fat children hold the mother's thigh, while the other hand is clamped firmly on the child's own thigh. The mother's right hand pressed firmly but still gently on the foot in the basin, mimicking the child's own pressure on her thigh. To show depth, Cassatt painted faces to recede into space. Paint-coated and coarse brush, creating a thick line depicting the figures and making them stand out from patterned backgrounds. The artist's hand is seen through the roughness of the sweep and can be seen better from a distance.
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Influences
Cassatt was heavily influenced by his fellow imitators, especially Edgar Degas. The first Impressionist painting that made him return to the United States was pastel by Degas in 1875 which he bought. Cassatt began exhibiting with Impressionists in 1877, where he met with other Impressionist colleagues such as Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot. In 1890, he was struck by a trace of Japanese wood pieces at the Beaux-Arts Academy in Paris during the exhibition, three years before painting The Child's Bath. Cassatt is interested in the simplicity and clarity of Japanese design, and the use of skilled color blocks. The painting perspective was inspired by the Japanese mold and Degas. "Japanese printers are more interested in the decorative impact than the right perspective."
References
- Janes, Karen Hosack. "Great Painting". New York: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2011. ISBNÃ, 978-0-7566-8675-8. 179-180.
External links
- The Art Institute of Chicago The Bath
- History Discussion on Children's Bathroom
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