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American Impressionism: Mother And Child Photographs

Cassatt's defining theme: mothers bathing, kissing and holding small children in her 1890-91 color prints, her later drypoints and her drawings - the subject she painted almost exclusively after 1900.

The Caress, 1891

The Caress

1891

The Mirror, 1891

The Mirror

1891

Maternal Caress, 1890

Maternal Caress

1890

The Bath, 1890

The Bath

1890

Peasant Mother and Child, 1894

Peasant Mother and Child

1894

Mother's Kiss, 1890

Mother's Kiss

1890

Gathering Fruit, 1893

Gathering Fruit

1893

Quietude, 1891

Quietude

1891

The Crocheting Lesson, 1902

The Crocheting Lesson

1902

Repose, 1890

Repose

1890

The Picture Book (No. 1), 1901

The Picture Book (No. 1)

1901

Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree, 1896

Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree

1896

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Date unknown

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Public-domain archive. All works sourced from the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.