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Mary Stevenson Cassatt (/ k ə ˈ s æ t /; May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh's North Side), and lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the ...
Apr 2, 2014 · American Mary Cassatt was one of the leading artists in the Impressionist movement of the later part of the 1800s.
May 18, 2024 · Mary Cassatt (born May 22, 1844, Allegheny City [now part of Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, France) was an American painter and printmaker who was part of the group of Impressionists working in and around Paris.
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An American painter and printmaker, Mary Cassatt was an impressionist painter, who depicted the lives of women, especially the special bond between mother and child. She traveled extensively as a child, and was probably exposed to the works of the great masters at the World’s fair in Paris in 1855. Other artist’s, such as Degas and Pissarro ...
- American
- May 22, 1844
- Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, United States
- June 14, 1926
May 16, 2024 · Mary Cassatt’s Women Didn’t Sit Pretty. The American painter depicted women caring for children, not posing for the male gaze. New exhibitions and books reappraise her legacy 100 years later...
Mary Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker, who boldly rebelled against the expectations set for her as a woman in the 19th century and travelled to Europe to find her...
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May 25, 2022 · Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American impressionist painter who lived most of her life in France. She focussed on capturing women at their daily tasks in oils, pastels, and prints, and produced many innovative representations of mothers and children.
