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1998 32c Four Centuries of American Art: Mary Cassatt
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US #3236o
1998 Mary Cassatt
- Shows detail from Breakfast in Bed
- From a pane featuring 20 art pieces produced by American artists
- Part of Classic Collection series
Stamp Category: Commemorative,
Set: Four Centuries of American Art
Value: 32¢, First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: August 27, 1998
First Day City: Santa Clara, California
Quantity Issued: 4,000,000
Printed by: Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Pane of 20
Perforations: 10.2
Why the stamp was issued: This stamp is part of a pane highlighting 20 of the most important American works of art produced in the last 400 years.
About the stamp design: The stamps show details from 20 works. Howard Paine, a USPS art director, designed the layout for the pane. He consulted with an expert on American art in choosing which paintings to include. Paine arranged the art in chronological order.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the opening event of Stampshow 98, which took place in Santa Clara, California.
About the Classic Collection series: The Classic Collections series began in 1994 with the Legends of the West issue. The idea originated from Carl Burcham, manager of stamp and product marketing for USPS at the time. Each Classic Collections set consists of a pane of 20 different semi-jumbo stamps with descriptive selvage at the top (header) and informational text on the back of each stamp beneath the gum. The stamps are “broadly defined, Americana-themed subjects.”
The series began six years earlier with the infamous Legends of the West sheet in 1994. Each sheet in the series would have the same unique 20-stamp format. Each would have broadly defined Americana themes, exceptional artwork, a banner printed on the selvage of the sheet, and descriptive text on the back of each stamp. Additionally, postal cards with matching artwork would be issued to coordinate with a few of the sheets.
In 1998, the sixth addition to the series honored four centuries of American Art. The text on the back of the pane reads, “The American artists represented here were born in diverse places around this country, as well as elsewhere. Some were self-taught, others were academically trained… These images … reflect some of the enduring themes in American visual arts: a concern with individuality in a democratic society, reverence for the variety of landscape across the continent, down-to-earth realism, and a recurring sense of optimism and energy.”
History the stamp represents: Mary Cassatt was one of the best American impressionists and one of the most important female painters of the 19th century. She became well known for her paintings of peaceful, loving moments shared by mothers and their young children.
Born in 1844 to a wealthy family in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Cassatt studied first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, then for several years in Italy and France. She spent little of her life in America, and in 1866, settled in Paris.
In 1877, Cassatt met Edgar Degas when he asked her to join an exhibit with other impressionists. She accepted, and Degas became her friend and mentor.
Mary Cassatt painted scenes of people engaged in ordinary activities such as drinking tea or writing letters. She visited the US for the last time in 1908.
US #3236o
1998 Mary Cassatt
- Shows detail from Breakfast in Bed
- From a pane featuring 20 art pieces produced by American artists
- Part of Classic Collection series
Stamp Category: Commemorative,
Set: Four Centuries of American Art
Value: 32¢, First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: August 27, 1998
First Day City: Santa Clara, California
Quantity Issued: 4,000,000
Printed by: Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Pane of 20
Perforations: 10.2
Why the stamp was issued: This stamp is part of a pane highlighting 20 of the most important American works of art produced in the last 400 years.
About the stamp design: The stamps show details from 20 works. Howard Paine, a USPS art director, designed the layout for the pane. He consulted with an expert on American art in choosing which paintings to include. Paine arranged the art in chronological order.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the opening event of Stampshow 98, which took place in Santa Clara, California.
About the Classic Collection series: The Classic Collections series began in 1994 with the Legends of the West issue. The idea originated from Carl Burcham, manager of stamp and product marketing for USPS at the time. Each Classic Collections set consists of a pane of 20 different semi-jumbo stamps with descriptive selvage at the top (header) and informational text on the back of each stamp beneath the gum. The stamps are “broadly defined, Americana-themed subjects.”
The series began six years earlier with the infamous Legends of the West sheet in 1994. Each sheet in the series would have the same unique 20-stamp format. Each would have broadly defined Americana themes, exceptional artwork, a banner printed on the selvage of the sheet, and descriptive text on the back of each stamp. Additionally, postal cards with matching artwork would be issued to coordinate with a few of the sheets.
In 1998, the sixth addition to the series honored four centuries of American Art. The text on the back of the pane reads, “The American artists represented here were born in diverse places around this country, as well as elsewhere. Some were self-taught, others were academically trained… These images … reflect some of the enduring themes in American visual arts: a concern with individuality in a democratic society, reverence for the variety of landscape across the continent, down-to-earth realism, and a recurring sense of optimism and energy.”
History the stamp represents: Mary Cassatt was one of the best American impressionists and one of the most important female painters of the 19th century. She became well known for her paintings of peaceful, loving moments shared by mothers and their young children.
Born in 1844 to a wealthy family in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Cassatt studied first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, then for several years in Italy and France. She spent little of her life in America, and in 1866, settled in Paris.
In 1877, Cassatt met Edgar Degas when he asked her to join an exhibit with other impressionists. She accepted, and Degas became her friend and mentor.
Mary Cassatt painted scenes of people engaged in ordinary activities such as drinking tea or writing letters. She visited the US for the last time in 1908.
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