Description
Cassatt painted The Boating Party during the winter of 1893–1894 in Antibes, on the French Riviera. Cassatt spent January and February 1894 at the Villa “La Cigaronne,” in Cap d’Antibes with her mother. Cassatt was 49 years old when she painted The Boating Party. 1893 had been a successful year for her: she had completed the mural Modern Woman, commissioned for the Woman’s Building at Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition; her exhibition in 1893 at Durand-Ruel’s gallery had been well received and the French state had decided to purchase one of her paintings for the Musée du Luxembourg.
Bibliography
The Boating Party, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Boating_Party&oldid=1096840390 (last visited Aug. 6, 2022).
