Spring: Margot Standing in a Garden by Cassatt

Mary Cassatt born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh’s North Side), but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.  The Philadelphia Art Museum has a large collection of this Pennsylvania native’s work.