Comments on: Mary Cassatt – After The Bath https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Sun, 26 May 2024 02:21:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/#comment-58449 Sun, 26 May 2024 02:21:28 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30201#comment-58449 In reply to Noreen Jacobson.

Yes!! Mary Cassatt definitely knew what she was doing when she painted caucasian skin tones. I love that the boy’s belly made you smile – I know what you mean!
And so glad my look at this piece made you look more deeply!

]]> By: Noreen Jacobson https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/#comment-58239 Mon, 13 May 2024 18:45:04 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30201#comment-58239 Thank you for taking a closer look at one of my favorite artists. You point out things especially the background, that makes me look even deeper into her work. I am fascinated with the relationships you mentioned.
When looking at a Mary Cassatt painting, I always notice her skin colors…so beautiful within accurate anatomy. In this painting, that little boy’s belly makes me smile!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/#comment-58211 Sat, 11 May 2024 21:22:30 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30201#comment-58211 In reply to Joy Hanser.

You are so welcome Joy. And yes to what you’ve said. She really was a master. This is so evident as you examine more and more of her work!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/#comment-58210 Sat, 11 May 2024 21:21:32 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30201#comment-58210 In reply to Debbie.

Thanks so much for chiming in with your thoughts about the vase Debbie! You’re right about intimate portrait vs staged portrait (even though that may have been what it was!). And YES to the way Cassatt was comfortable with leaving parts unfinished with all the “finished” parts being the faces and moving out from there.

]]> By: Joy Hanser https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/#comment-58209 Sat, 11 May 2024 18:23:22 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30201#comment-58209 Thanks for this lovely walk through the past, and yet so contemporary in its fresh handling. The stove and vase give the painting depth. I just love it, and so admire how Cassatt portrayed relationships so spontaneously. Thanks for this, and your analysis, Gail! She was truly a master.

]]> By: Debbie https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/05/mary-cassatt-after-the-bath/#comment-58200 Fri, 10 May 2024 21:32:48 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30201#comment-58200 Love Mary Cassatt and your observations of the painting. Although I don’t like the vase in the painting I can see that removing it and the stove, changes (for me) the feel of the painting. It seems to go from a view of an intimate family moment, to a staged portrait. But fun to see what you did.
Also love how Mary Cassatt was comfortable with unfinished and barely there parts of the pastel. Something to be learned there for me. Thx Gail!!!

]]>