Portrait Of The Artist
- Artist
- Mary Cassatt
- Date
- c.1878
- Style
- Impressionism
- Genre
- Self-portrait
- Location
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met)
"Portrait of the Artist" is an elegant 1878 self-portrait by acclaimed American artist Mary Cassatt. This painting, held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is a striking example of Impressionism, a revolutionary art style characterized by its depiction of light and dappled color. Cassatt, renowned for her delicate application of color, likely used gouache, a type of opaque watercolor, to realize this piece on paper.{% endif %} This artwork provides a fascinating and intimate glance into the artist's perception of her own identity.
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