mary cassatt

     

While living in Parma, Italy, this American impressionist began painting babies, later her trademark

Trivia about mary cassatt

  • She often painted everyday moments like the one seen here:
  • Works by this female impressionist include "The Loge" & "The Bath"
  • In 1892 the World's Columbian Expo in Chicago hired this woman impressionist to paint a mural
  • This American Impressionist formed a close friendship with Degas & posed for his “At the Milliner’s”
  • Edgar Degas' style influenced that of this female American Impressionist
  • Highest price for painting by a female was $1.1 mil. for “Reading Le Figaro” by this U.S. artist
  • "Mother And Child" was a constant theme in the art of this American woman in 1890s Paris
  • Motherhood was a favorite subject of this France-based artist who was born in 1845 in Pittsburgh
  • This female Impressionist helped Americans collect art, like the Havemeyers, whose collection went to the Met
  • While living in France, she was invited by Edgar Degas to exhibit her works with the impressionists
  • Around 1884 Edgar Degas painted the portrait seen here of this fellow impressionist
  • In 1904 this American impressionist painter was awarded the French Legion of Honor
  • This American woman impressionist posed for several of Degas' works, including "At The Milliner's"
  • She was commissioned to paint a mural for the woman's building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition
  • In 1874 this American moved permanently to France where she developed a friendship with Edgar Degas
  • In 1973 this Impressionist painter was named to the National Women's Hall of Fame
  • This American expatriate was known for painting children, such as the ones seen here
  • Degas portrayed this American woman & fellow Impressionist in several of his works
  • From an American woman:"Woman Reading"(1878-79)
  • This Pennsylvania-born woman was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1904 for her art
  • This woman painted the charming little girl & dog seen here
  • In 1879 she became the first & only American woman to exhibit with the Impressionists
  • She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before settling in France in 1866
  • Four of her works, including the one seen here, were recently featured on U.S. stamps
  • (Alex reports from the Barnes Foundation.) Though she never had children of her own, this American sensitively portrayed maternal love in "Woman with a Nude Boy"
  • In 1904 this American was awarded the French Legion of Honor, one of the few awards she accepted