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An art lecture by Annelise K. Madsen offers an overview of Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism, an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago open from September 6, 2026 to January 3, 2027. The only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists, Cassatt (1844–1926) built a remarkable career as an integral member of the avant-garde whose impact stretched across the Atlantic. She took her art making in new directions in the late 1880s and 1890s—the prime years of her career. Cassatt pursued ambitious and experimental work, exploring the theme of mothers and caretakers with children, creating complex color prints, and undertaking an unprecedented mural commission for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Annelise K. Madsen is the Gilda and Henry Buchbinder Curator, Arts of the Americas, at the Art Institute of Chicago.Our Monday Enrichment programs, on music, art, literature, science and social sciences, are always free to the public, with freewill donations appreciated.
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