Louisine Havemeyer
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Louisine Waldron Elder Havemeyer was an art collector, feminist, and philanthropist. In addition to being a patron of impressionist art, she was one of the more prominent contributors to the suffrage
Portrait of Havemeyer by Mary Cassatt
Louisine Havemeyer and her Daughter Electra, 1895 pastel on paper by Mary Cassatt. Collection of Shelburne Museum
Policeman in Syracuse welcoming Louisine Havemeyer on the arrival of the Prison Special in 1919.
Rembrandt van Rijn Harmen Doomer circa 1640
Edgar Degas
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Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Louisine Havemeyer
…a patron of impressionist art, she was one of the more prominent contributors to the suffrage movement in the United States. The impressionist painter Edgar Degas and feminist Alice Paul were among the renowned recipients of this benefactor's support. Louisine Waldron Elder was born in New York City on July 28…
Self-portrait (Degas Saluant), 1863
Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, (1879) National Gallery, London
Edgar Degas, Self-Portrait, c. 1855. Red chalk on laid paper; 31 x 23.3 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington.
A Cotton Office in New Orleans, 1873