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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The Cassatt Sisters spans nine years, between 1877 and 1886, and is set in Belle Époque Paris. For the last couple weeks, I’ve been writing about some the changes that took place in Paris...