San Francisco, CA | Curator-Led Tour of Mary Cassatt at Work at the de Young Museum with Emily Beeny

Join ArtTable for a tour of Mary Cassatt at Work with Emily Beeny, PhD, Curator in Charge of European Paintings at the de Young Museum. The largest exhibition of Cassatt’s work in the US in decades, Mary Cassatt at Work was organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the support of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

About the exhibition: Too often dismissed as a sentimental painter of mothers and children, Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) was in fact a modernist pioneer. Her paintings, pastels, and prints are characterized by restless experimentation and change. Cassatt was the only American to join the French Impressionists, first exhibiting with the group at Degas’s invitation in 1879, and quickly emerged as a key member of the movement. Alongside scenes of women at the opera, visiting friends, and taking tea, Cassatt produced many images of “women’s work” — knitting and needlepoint, bathing children, and nursing infants. These images suggest parallels between the work of art making and the work of caregiving. The exhibition calls attention to the artist’s own processes of making — how she used her brush, etching needle, pastel stick, and even fingertips to create radical art under the cover of “feminine” subject matter.

Accessibility note: Wheelchairs and lightweight portable stools are available from Coat Check or the Admissions counter on a first come, first-served basis. A Photo ID must be provided to ensure items are returned prior to leaving the museum.

Program Registration:

• ArtTable Member – $30
• ArtTable Member with FAMSF membership – $15
• Friend of Member – $35
• Nonmember of ArtTable – $40
• Nonmember of ArtTable with FAMSF membership – $20

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