Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Mary Cassatt · 1878
Why it's great
A girl slouches in a big blue armchair in a living room, looking bored, with a sleeping dog in another chair. Cassatt painted a child's real attitude instead of making her look perfect. Degas helped with the painting, they say. It's one of the most famous paintings of childhood.
👀 Look closer!
The little girl looks bored. What would you do in this room?
Where to see it
📍 National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C., United States
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Mary Cassatt was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Paris as a young woman. She was the only American to join the French Impressionists, and she specialized in tender pictures of mothers and children. She lived in France most of her life, and she also encouraged American collectors to buy Impressionist art. She died at her country home in France in 1926.
