CASSATT, Mary: The Bath

Mary Cassatt created this intimate domestic scene during the 1890s, when the American Impressionist was at the height of her artistic powers in Paris. The composition reveals her masterful study of Japanese printmaking techniques—particularly the bold diagonal lines and flattened perspective—which she combined with Impressionist light and color to capture a moment of everyday femininity. As one of the few female artists to achieve international recognition in the late 19th century, Cassatt specialized in depicting the private world of women and children with unprecedented psychological depth and formal innovation.