#Little Girl In Blue Velvet 1978 Patch#
More than 130 years later, a patch of brush strokes inconsistent with the rest of the piece confirmed this collaboration. Nonetheless, the pair became close friends and collaborators.Ĭassatt once referred to Degas making a contribution to Little Girl in a Blue Armchair in a letter to a friend. He was a Frenchman 10 years her senior who frequented brothels and once declared women didn't understand style. She was an affluent American and outspoken suffragist. The Pennsylvania-born Cassatt and Impressionist titan Edgar Degas made an odd couple. To that end, it is believed Little Girl in a Blue Armchair made its debut at the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition in 1879 with the title Portrait de petite fille. Together these mavericks would collectively be characterized as Impressionists. It shows influence from the French Impressionists.Ĭassatt's use of vivid colors and her apparent brushstrokes mirrored the style of the independent painters she'd befriended during her stints in Paris. They are so natural and truthful." The naturalism seen in this little girl's lounging became a defining characteristic of her later paintings of ballerinas, women and children. Little Girl in a Blue Armchair is a great example of Cassatt's signature style.Ĭassatt once wrote, "I love to paint children. In short, it was a far cry from the many, many paintings that portrayed children as living dolls or picture-perfect cherubs. It broke from the traditions of child portraits.Īrt historian Petra Chu has described the 1878 painting as " a radically new image of childhood" because Little Girl in a Blue Armchair dared to show a child being a child, slouched and arguably petulant. Who hasn't been that bored, even if not while so well attired? You might recognize American artist Mary Cassatt's most popular painting, yet few know the secrets behind Little Girl in a Blue Armchair. Beholding the blasé child here, it's easy to smile.
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