Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

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Little Girl in a Blue Armchair is an 1878 Impressionist painting by Mary Cassatt depicting a young girl lounging informally in a set of oversized blue armchairs, notable for its unconventional pose and intimate, modern portrayal of childhood.

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Little Girl in a Blue Armchair canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Impressionist painting
oil painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalSignificance early example of Cassatt’s focus on children and domestic interiors
important work in the development of modern depictions of childhood
artist Mary Cassatt
collection National Gallery of Art
colorDominant blue
countryOfOrigin France
creator Mary Cassatt
creatorNationality American
culturalContext late 19th-century bourgeois interior
dateOfCreation 1878
depicts blue armchairs
interior scene
young girl
exhibitionHistory exhibited in Impressionist circles in late 19th century
genre portrait painting
hasSubjectMatter childhood
domestic interior
leisure
inception 1878
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
location National Gallery of Art
materialUsed oil paint
movement Impressionism
movementAssociatedWithCreator Impressionism
notableFor asymmetrical composition
cropped viewpoint influenced by photography and Japanese prints
informal depiction of childhood
intimate modern portrayal of childhood
loose Impressionist brushwork
unconventional pose of the child
originalLanguageTitle Little Girl in a Blue Armchair self-link
owner National Gallery of Art
partOf Mary Cassatt’s early Impressionist period
portrays informal posture
relaxed child
showsPerspective slightly elevated viewpoint
style cropped composition
loose brushwork
support canvas
theme intimacy between viewer and subject
modern life

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Mary Cassatt notableWork Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair originalLanguageTitle Little Girl in a Blue Armchair self-link
Mary notableWork Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
subject surface form: Mary Cassatt