Autumn

While I patiently wait for autumn

The leaves wait for it too

The smell of it is so calming

And the weather loves it too

Here I am thinking about it

While most people don’t

The trees are happy by the color change

Just as I am too

The moment of it is outstanding

And the clothes is comfortable

Keeping me very warm

Just as the crisp smell of pumpkin pie

This painting is a portrait of Lydia Cassatt. The technique of it is oil based on a canvas created in 1880 by Mary Cassatt at the small Palace in Paris. Mary Cassatt is an American impressionist patter. She lived in France for a while and died there in June of 1926. This painting portrait of Lydia was painted in the summer of 1889. Lydia was ill and her family was visiting in Paris to help take care of Lydia. This painting is one of the first portraits Cassatt painted outdoors.

When I first saw this painting I felt deeply in love with it as she is so beautiful and at the same time she looks so worried. Learning more about this painting I now understand why she looks so worried. Knowing that she is ill and trying to keep on with life its hard but the good thing about it is that her family are there to help her. I love the fact that this portrait was painted at the end of June getting ready for autumn in which to tell you the truth is my favorite season year around. I love the smell, the weather, the seasonal change, the trees changing their outfits to beautiful elegant orange and yellow leaves. I find it fascinating what Mother Nature can do. I feel like Mary Cassatt did I great job painting this portrait of her sister and is a great way to show autumn to everyone that sees this portrait also to show that natural beauty is within and that no mater what you are feeling inside an artist can actually also paint it and you can see how worried she is by looking at her eyes, the way she is holding to her walking stick, and her body language.

Mary Cassatt, Autumn, Portrait of Lydia Cassatt, 1880, oil on canvas, 37 x 26 in.;