Confidences, from A New Sentimental Education, 1901. Charles Maurin's first colour intaglio prints were made around the same time as Cassatt's extraordinary series of 10 colour prints, and his subsequent graphic work owed a debt to her prints in both technique and subject. Later, he made two suites of prints, A Sentimental Education, 1897, and A New Sentimental Education, 1901, both of which were described as depicting "a mother attentive to the care of her child through the intimate details of daily ; Unlike Cassatt's cursory and abstracted drypoints of a mother and child like
Confidences, from A New Sentimental Education, 1901. Charles Maurin's first colour intaglio prints were made around the same time as Cassatt's extraordinary series of 10 colour prints, and his subsequent graphic work owed a debt to her prints in both technique and subject. Later, he made two suites of prints, A Sentimental Education, 1897, and A New Sentimental Education, 1901, both of which were described as depicting "a mother attentive to the care of her child through the intimate details of daily ; Unlike Cassatt's cursory and abstracted drypoints of a mother and child like Reine and Margot Seated on a Sofa, Maurin surrounded his figures with domestic accoutrements. The charm of this subject is the rapt concentration with which the little girl listens to her mother, who whispers in her ear.
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Keywords: 1856-1914, 19th, aquatint, art, century, charles, cleveland, etching, france, french, heritage, maurin, museum, print, softground
