I may as well admit now that I've developed somewhat of a
Mary Cassatt obsession. (It happens to the best of us, right?) In any case, that's why I can't help returning to the theme of news regarding her work. I'm posting this admittedly kind of sappy
YouTube tribute to the artist's paintings of mothers with children as a segway into the news of a recent Cassatt sale:
Artdaily.org is reporting that Cassatt's pastel painting,
Mother With Child, is among four major works of art purchased by
The High Museum of Art for its permanent collection. Other paintings include the oil painting
Snowscape with Cows, Montfoucault, by Camille
Pissarro; the oil painting
The Breakfast, by Pierre Bonnard; and the
painting on paper
Villa les Écluses, St. Jacut, Brittany, by Édouard
Vuillard. Good company indeed. From Artdaily.org:
The new acquisitions were purchased from the estate of longtime Atlanta
resident Kathryn Welch Hartzog. ... Beginning on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, and running through August
17, the four new works will be on view at the High as part of a special
permanent collection installation of eight works titled “Cassatt,
Pissarro, Bonnard, Vuillard: New Acquisitions for the Collection.” The
four new works will be displayed with another Cassatt pastel, which was
gifted by Jacqueline and Matt Friedlander in 2005; a Cassatt oil
painting; and two Vuillard pastels, which were given by Mrs. Hartzog in
1992.