Mary Cassatt had occasional spells of poor health and her family needing er every once in awhile. However just like Sargent her life was her art. In 1880, the family spent their summers in the country at Marly-le-Roi in France. While she was there she painted more of Lydia even her mother reading to her grandchildren. Mary’s style of painting was different from Sargent. She displayed a quiet feminine world where she places the subjects quietly seated, occupied, and with interest in their task. However, they never look directly at the viewer. She paints them with no drama unlike Sargent. Sargent poses his subjects relaxed and confident with a respectful attitude like looking at the viewer. In 1883 Sargent painted his most controversial work when he moved to a neighborhood near the Parc Monceau. It was a painting of Madame Gautreau called Madame X. During one sitting her right shoulder strap fell down and Sargent suggested that she should keep it like that. When Carolus-Duran came by during one of the sessions he told Sargent he could submit this to the Salon with confidence, but Sargent felt otherwise.Displayed in an exhibition where paintings of nudity existed Madame X was
Mary Cassatt had occasional spells of poor health and her family needing er every once in awhile. However just like Sargent her life was her art. In 1880, the family spent their summers in the country at Marly-le-Roi in France. While she was there she painted more of Lydia even her mother reading to her grandchildren. Mary’s style of painting was different from Sargent. She displayed a quiet feminine world where she places the subjects quietly seated, occupied, and with interest in their task. However, they never look directly at the viewer. She paints them with no drama unlike Sargent. Sargent poses his subjects relaxed and confident with a respectful attitude like looking at the viewer. In 1883 Sargent painted his most controversial work when he moved to a neighborhood near the Parc Monceau. It was a painting of Madame Gautreau called Madame X. During one sitting her right shoulder strap fell down and Sargent suggested that she should keep it like that. When Carolus-Duran came by during one of the sessions he told Sargent he could submit this to the Salon with confidence, but Sargent felt otherwise.Displayed in an exhibition where paintings of nudity existed Madame X was