The impressionist painter Mary Cassatt devoted much of her career to a modern redefinition of the ancient theme of motherhood.  Mother and Child is a particularly vibrant example of Cassatt’s signature work. She was an American artist of international influence, the only American participant in the French impressionist movement, and an independent spirit who achieved her own unique vision of the aspiration she shared with French colleagues Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet, and that was to express the heroism of modern life.

Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection