I’m the author of The Cassatt Sisters: A Novel of Love and Art (October 2025). Escape into Art is a place you’ll find paintings and miscellanea about American Impressionist Mary Cassatt and her circle of artist friends, along with delicious bites from Paris during La Belle Époque, the Beautiful Age.

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I first encountered Mary Cassatt’s art in her fine portraits of mothers and children. This is her oeuvre, the topic she’s most known for. Cassatt seems to understand the work of motherhoo...