Curator’s Talk: Impressionists Between Worlds
Left: Mary Stevenson Cassatt, On a Balcony, c. 1878 – 1879. Oil on canvas, 89.9 × 65.2 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of her aunt, Delia Spencer Field. 1938.18. Photo courtesy The Art Institute of Chicago. Right: Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Open Door, c. 1913. Oil on canvas, Overall: 76.2 × 63.5 cm. Samuel & Esther Sarick. Photo © AGO.
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Curator’s Talk: Impressionists Between Worlds
Join Caroline Shields, AGO Curator, European Art, as she discusses the AGO exhibition Cassatt–McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds. This original exhibition brings together more than 65 artworks including paintings, prints and sketch books, showcasing for the first time the work of two pioneering women Impressionist painters, Mary Cassatt (American, 1844−1926) and Helen McNicoll (Canadian, 1879−1915).
Presented as part of the exhibition Cassatt–McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds.
Caroline Shields is Curator, European Art at the AGO, where she has curated the exhibitions Impressionism in the Age of Industry: Monet, Pissarro and more (2018), Steam: Impressionist Painting Across the Atlantic (2022) and Cassatt—McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds (2023). Prior to joining the AGO in 2017, Caroline Shields held various curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Musée d’Orsay, Paris; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She holds a Doctorate in art history from the University of Maryland with a specialization in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European art.
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