Artwork Title: The Boating Party

The Boating Party, 1893-1894

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt painted this work during a stay at Antibes, on the Mediterranean coast of France in the winter of 1893/1894. While the intense light and vibrant color owe much to the locale, the composition was inspired by the flat, patterned surfaces and unusual angles of Japanese prints. The seated man compresses the picture onto the flat plane of the canvas, and the horizon is pushed upward, collapsing any sense of distance. A higher vantage point... http://arteverywhereus.org/Art-Gallery/id/47
36 x 46 in
Uploaded on Sep 28, 2013 by Priya Prabhakar

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