Billy The Kid Tintype & Antique World Weapons
Friday, November 22, 2019 at 10:00 PM UTC
Lot 308:
Antique pastel painting of sitting girl by well listed artist Mary Stevenson Cassatt ( 1844-1926 ). Signed with initials " M C ". Unframed. Painting shows some water damage on the back.The Impressionist painter, Mary Cassatt is best known for her mother and child compositions. Born in 1844 in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh, she was recognized by the turn of the century as one of the preeminent painters both of her native country and of France, which she made her permanent home in 1875. She spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, and then lived with her mother in Europe from 1851 until 1858, studying in a number of cities including Paris, Parma, and Seville. She returned to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1861 to 1865 and in 1866 went back to France, which she decided was best suited for her professional goals. There she spent much time studying works by artists living and deceased, and painted with Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Edgar Degas. Her first public success came at the Salon of 1868 with a painting praised by a New York Times critic for its "vigor of treatment and fine qualities of color". Cassatt continued to exhibit at the Salon through the mid-1870s, and attracted the attention of Edgar Degas, who invited her to join the artists dedicated to the "new painting", the Impressionists.Size: 24 x 18 inches
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