Mary Cassatt was a turn-of-the-20th century American painter best known for her ability to capture the unfathomable intimacy between mother and child—with great beauty and nuance. Above are two examples that every parent will immediately recognise. We also love this stunning painting of a woman leaning over a sink titled ‘La Toilette’—which apparently made the legendary Edgar Degas exclaim, “I do not admit that a woman can draw like that.” See more of her motherhood-themed paintings in Daily Art Magazine.
