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Mary Cassatt 1844 – 1926

From Britannica: Mary Stevenson Cassatt, (born May 22, 1844, Allegheny City [now part of Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, France), American painter and printmaker who was part of the group of Impressionists working in and around Paris. She took as her subjects almost exclusively women and children.
Cassatt was the daughter of a banker and lived in Europe for five years as a young girl. She was tutored privately in art in Philadelphia and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1861–65, but she preferred a less academic approach and in 1866 traveled to Europe to study with such European painters as Jean-Léon Gérôme and Thomas Couture. Her first major showing was at the Paris Salon of 1872; four more annual Salon exhibitions followed.
In 1874 Cassatt chose Paris as her permanent residence and established her studio there. She shared with the Impressionists an interest in experiment and in using bright colours inspired by the out-of-doors. Edgar Degas became her friend; his style and that of Gustave Courbet inspired her own. Degas was known to admire her drawing especially, and at his request she exhibited with the Impressionists in 1879 and joined them in shows in 1880, 1881, and 1886. Like Degas, Cassatt showed great mastery of drawing, and both artists preferred unposed asymmetrical compositions. Cassatt also was innovative and inventive in exploiting the medium of pastels.
Initially, Cassatt painted mostly figures of friends or relatives and their children in the Impressionist style. After the great exhibition of Japanese prints held in Paris in 1890, she brought out her series of 10 coloured prints—e.g., Woman Bathing and The Coiffure—in which the influence of the Japanese masters Utamaro and Toyokuni is apparent. In these etchings, combining aquatint, drypoint, and soft ground, she brought her printmaking technique to perfection. Her emphasis shifted from form to line and pattern. The principal motif of her mature and perhaps most familiar period is mothers caring for small children—e.g., The Bath (c. 1892) and Mother and Child (1899). In 1894 she purchased a château in Le Mesnil-Théribus and thereafter split her time between her country home and Paris. Soon after 1900 her eyesight began to fail, and by 1914 she had ceased working. Cassatt urged her wealthy American friends and relatives to buy Impressionist paintings, and in this way, more than through her own works, she exerted a lasting influence on American taste. She was largely responsible for selecting the works that make up the H.O. Havemeyer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Child Drinking Milk 1868	The Mandolin Player 1868	Two Seated Women 1869	Young woman wearing a ruff 1869	Sketch of Mrs. Currey Sketch of Mr. Cassatt 1871	Bacchante 1872	During Carnival 1872	Portrait Of A Woman 1872	The Flirtation A Balcony in Seville 1872
Offering the Panel to the Bullfighter 1872-1873	A Baby Smiling at Two Young Women 1873	Head of a Young Woman 1873	Mrs. Robert Simpson Cassatt 1873	Portrait of a Lady of Seville 1873	Portrait of Madame Sisley 1873	Profile of an Italian Woman 1873	Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873	Toreador 1873
Ida 1874	Musical Party 1874	Portrait of Madame Cordier 1874	Small Profile. Head of a girl 1874	Red poppies 1874-1880	Eddy Cassatt. Edward Buchanan Cassatt 1875	Peasant Woman Peeling an Orange 1875	The Young Bride 1875	Woman on a Striped with a Dog. Young Woman on a Striped Sofa with Her Dog 1875
Head of a Young Girl 1876	Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa, Reading 1876	Portrait of Miss Cassatt, holding the cards 1880-1884	Mary Ellison Embroidering 1877	Roman Girl 1877	The Reader 1877	The Opera 1877-1878	Children in a Garden 1878	Little Girl in a Blue Armchair 1878
Portrait of a Lady. Reading 'Le Figaro' 1878	Portrait of an Italian Lady 1878	Portrait of Madame X Dressed for the Matinee 1878	Portrait Of The Artist 1878	The Reader 1878	At the Theater 1878-1879	On a Balcony 1878-1879	Woman Reading 1878-1879	Woman Standing, Holding a Fan 1878-1879
Woman with a Fan. Miss My Ellison 1878-1879	The Loge 1878-1880	A Visitor in Hat and Coat Holding a Maltese Dog 1879	In the Box 1879	Moses Dreyfus 1879	Mother Combing Her Child's Hair 1879	Portrait of girl 1879	Theater. In the Loge 1879	Woman with a Pearl Necklace 1879
At the Theater. Lydia Cassatt Leaning on Her Arms, Seated in a Loge 1880	Elsie Cassatt Holding a Big Dog 1880	Elsie in a Blue Chair 1880	Lady with a Fan. Portrait of Anne Chlotte Gaillard 1880	Lydia Cassatt in a Green Bonnet and a Coat 1880	Lydia crocheting in the garden at marly 1880	Lydia Seated in the Garden with a Dog in Her Lap 1880	Mother about to Wash her Sleepy Child 1880	Mother and Child 1880
Mrs Cassatt Reading to her Grandchildren 1880	Mrs. Gardner Cassatt in Black 1880	Portrait of a Young Girl 1880	Portrait of Alexander Cassatt 1880	Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt 1880	Portrait of Mlle C. Lydia Cassatt 1880	Self Portrait 1880	The Tea 1880	The Visitor 1880
Woman by a Window Feeding Her Dog 1880	Woman in Black and Green Bonnet, Sewing 1880	Woman Reading in a Garden 1880	Young Girl Holding a Loose Bouquet 1880	Lydia at the Tapestry Loom 1880-1881	Lydia Reading on a Divan 1880	Madame Bérard's Baby in a Striped Armchair 1880-1881	The Cup of Tea 1880-1881	Young Woman Sewing in a Garden 1880-1882
Lilacs in a Window 1880-1883	Young Girl with Brown Hair 1880-1886	A woman and child in the driving seat. A Woman and a Girl Driving 1881	Child on a Blue Cushion 1881	Little Girl in a Large Red Hat 1881	Susan Comforting the Baby (no.1) 1881	Susan Comforting the Baby (no.2) 1881	Susan in a Toque Trimmed with Two Roses 1881	Susan Seated Outdoors Wearing a Purple Hat 1881
Woman and Child Seated in a Garden 1881	Woman on a Bench 1881	Lydia Sitting on a Porch, Crocheting 1881-1882	Two Women in a Theater Box 1881-1882	Women in a Loge 1881-1882	Lydia and her Mother at tea. Enfant cueillant un fruit 1882	Portrait of a Young Woman in a Red Dress 1882	Robert and His Sailboat 1882	Woman in Black 1882
Master Robert Kelso Cassatt 1882-1883	Susan seated in Garden 1882-1883	Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt 1883	Susan on a balcony holding a dog 1883-1884	Lady at the Tea Table 1883-1885	Children Playing On The Beach 1884	Portrait of Alexander J. Cassat and His Son Robert Kelso Cassatt 1884	Mr. Robert S. Cassatt on Horseback 1885	The Sisters 1885
Child In A Straw Hat 1886	Girl ranging Her Hair 1886	Young Woman Sewing in the Garden 1886	Portrait of an elderly lady 1887	Portrait of an Elderly Lady in a Bonnet, Red Background 1887	Woman with Handkerchief 1887	Woman and Child 1887-1888	Mother s Goodnight Kiss. Young Mother 1888	At the Window 1889
Baby in His Mother`s arms, sucking his finger 1889	Emmie and Her Child 1889	Helene de Septeuil 1889	Mathilde Holding a Baby Who Reaches out to the Right 1889	Mother and Child 1889	Mother And Child 1889	Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt. Katherine Kelson Johnston Cassatt 1889	The Long Gloves 1889	The Mandolin Player. La Mandoline 1889
Woman and child in front of a shelf which are placed a jug and basin 1889	Woman Wearing a Bonnett 1889	Baby Bill in Cap and Shift 1889-1890	Picking Daisies in a Field 1889-1890	Portrait of the Artist s Mother 1889-1890	Woman and Her Child. Helene de Septeuil 1889-1890	Baby Bill 1890	Jeune femme portant un enfant nu vers 1890	Maternity 1890
Mathilde Holding a Baby Reaching Right 1890	Mother And Child 1890	Mother And Child 1890	Mother Holding a Child in Her arms 1890	Portrait of a Lady. Portrait of a Smiling Woman in a Pink Blouse 1890	Portrait of a Woman 1890	Portrait of Mrs William Harrison 1890	Reflection 1890	Tea 1890
The Child`s Caress 1890	Woman ranging Her Veilgraphite 1890	In the Omnibus. The Tramway 1890-1891	Madame H. de Fleury and Her Child 1890-1891	Nude Child 1890-1891	The Bath 1890-1891	The Bath. La Toilette 1890-1891	The Coiffure 1890-1891	The Kiss 1890-1891
The Lamp 1890-1891	The Letter 1890-1891	The Visit 1890-1891	Clissa Turned Left with Her Hand to Her Ear 1890-1893	After the Bath 1891	Baby`s First Cess 1891	Bathing the Young Heir 1891	Celeste in a Brown Hat 1891	Contemplation 1891
Femme au Mirroir. The Bonnet 1891	In The Omnibus 1891	Interior of a Tramway Passing a Bridge 1891	Jenny and Her Sleepy Child 1891	The Fitting. Young Woman Trying on a Dress 1891	The Stocking 1891	Woman With A Red Zinnia. Reverie 1891	Young Woman Picking Fruit 1891-1892	Baby Reaching For An Apple 1892
Little Girl with a Japanese Doll 1892	Portrait of Master St. Pierre 1892	Potrait of Celeste, Young Girl with a Brown Hat 1892	Sailor Boy. Portrait of Gardner Cassatt as a Child 1892	Young Woman Picking the Fruit of Knowledge 1892	Gathering Fruit 1893	In the Garden 1893	Margaret Milligan Sloan 1893	Portrait of Margaret Milligan Sloan (no.2) 1893
Sleepy Thomas Sucking His Thumb 1893	The Banjo Lesson 1893	The Child's Bath 1893	The Child's Bath 1893	The Family 1893	Woman and Child in Front of a Fruit Tree 1893	Young Thomas And His Mother 1893	Girl with a Banjo 1893-1894	The Banjo Lesson 1893-1894
The Boating Party 1893-1894	Madame and Her Maid 1893-1897	Feeding the Ducks 1894	In the park 1894	Marie Therese Gaillard 1894	Peasant Mother and Child 1894	Smiling Mother with Sober Faced Child 1894	Summertime 1894	Summertime 1894
The Pensive Reader 1894	The Two Sisters 1894	Young Woman Reflecting 1894	Feeding the Ducks 1895	Feeding the Ducks 1895	Nurse Reading to a Little Girl 1895	On the Water 1895	Peasant Mother and Child 1895	Portrait of Mrs Havemeyer and Her Daughter Electra 1895
Young Woman with Auburn Hair in a Pink Blouse 1895	Ellen Mary Cassatt In A White Coal 1896	Maternal Caress 1896	Mother and Child. Maternal Kiss 1896	Portrait of Mrs. H. O. Hevemeyer 1896	The Conversation 1896	The Horse Chestnut 1896	Two Sisters 1896	A Kiss For Baby Anne 1896-1897
Nurse and Child 1896-1897	The Barefoot Child 1896-1897	A Kiss for Baby Anne (no. 3) 1897	Baby Smiling up at Her Mother 1897	Breakfast in Bed 1897	Little Ann Sucking Her Finger Embraced by Her Mother 1897	Pattycake. Mother and Child 1897	Sketch of Anne and Her Nurse 1897	The Barefoot Child 1897
The Cup of Tea 1897	Two Young Girls with a Child 1897	Women Admiring a Child 1897	Young Girls 1897	Adaline Havemeyer in a White Hat 1898	Bust of Ellen with Bows in Her Hair 1898	By the Pond 1898	Family Group Reading 1898	Heads of Leontine and a Friend 1898
Leontine in a Pink Fluffy Hat 1898	Hélène is Restless 1890	Louise Nursing Her Child 1898	Mother and child. The Oval Mirror 1898	Mother Combing Her Child's Hair 1898	Mother Feeding Child 1898	Portrait of a Young Woman 1898	Portrait of a Young Woman in Green 1898	Portrait of Ellen Mary Cassatt 1898
Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley 1898	The Befooted Child 1898	Woman with a Parakeet 1898	Mother and child 1898-1899	Antoinette Holding Her Child by Both Hands 1899	Ellen Mary Cassatt 1899	Ellen with Bows in Her Hair, Looking Right 1899	Gardner and Ellen Mary Cassatt 1899	Madame Meerson and Her Daughter 1899
Mother and Child. Baby Getting Up from His Nap 1899	Mother Louise Holding Up Her Blue-Eyed Child 1899	Mother Playing with Her Child 1899	Portrait Of A Young Girl 1899	Portrait of Ellen Mary Cassatt 1899	Portrait of Madame A. F. Aude and Her Two Daughters 1899	Sketch of Antoinette (no. 2) 1899	Jules Being Dried by His Mother 1900	Louisine Peters 1900
Mother and Child 1900	Mother and Child 1900	Mother Berthe Holding Her Baby 1900	Mother Rose Nursing Her Child 1900	Spring. Margot Standing in a Garden 1900	Woman in a Black Hat and a Raspberry Pink Costume 1900	Woman in Raspberry Costume Holding a Dog 1900	Young Mother Sewing 1900	Mother and Daughter, Both Wearing Large Hats 1900-1901
After the bath 1901	Head of Sara in a Bonnet Looking Left 1901	Jules Standing by His Mother 1901	Mother and Child. Woman in a Red Bodice and Her Child 1901	Mother and Children 1901	Mother and Sara Admiring the Baby 1901	Mother combing Sara's hair 1901	Mother Sara and the Baby 1901	Mother, Sara and the Baby (counterproof) 1901
Portrait of young woman 1901	Sara and Her Mother with the Baby 1901	Sara Handing a Toy to the Baby 1901	Sara in a Bonnet 1901	Sara in a Round-Brimed Bonnet, Holding Her Dog 1901	Sara in Dark Bonnet with Right Hand on Arm of Chair 1901	Sara Looking towards the Right 1901	Sara with her dog 1901	Sara with her dog 1901
Sarah in a Green Bonnet 1901	Sketch of Antoinette (no.1) 1901	Somone in a White Bonnet 1901	The Caress 1901	Caresse Maternelle 1902	Girl in a Hat with a Black Ribbon 1901-1902	Child In Orange Dress 1902	Margot 1902	Margot in a Big Hat. Fillette, Corsage Rouge 1902
Margot in Big Bonnet and Red Dress 1902	Margot in Blue 1902	Margot in White 1902	Margot Lux with a wide hat 1902	Mother and Little Girl 1902	Mother Sara and the Baby 1902	Motherhood 1902	Nude Baby beside Her Mother 1902	Portrait of Louise Aurora child Villeboeuf 1902
Portrait of Mme. Fontveille 1902	Reine Leaning over Margot's Shoulder 1902	Reine Lefebre and Margot before a Window 1902	Reine Lefebvre with Blond Baby and Sara Holding a Cat. Maternite 1902	Sara in a Large Flowered Hat Looking Right Holding Her Dog 1902	Sketch of Reine and Child 1902	Woman with Baby 1902	Young Girl Seated in a Yellow Armchair 1902	Young Mother Sewing 1902
Reine Lefebvre Holding a Nude Baby 1902-1903	Portrait of Madame Alfred Lavergne, born Magdalena Mellon 1902-1905	Head of Simone in a Large Plumes Hat, Looking Left 1903	Margot Wearing a Bonnet drypoint with hand coloring 1903	Portrait of a Young Girl. Simone 1903	Simone in a Large Plumed Hat, Seated, Holding a Griffon Dog 1903	Simone in Plumed Hat 1903	Simone in White Bonnet Seated with Clasped Hands (no.1) 1903	Tête d’enfant au chapeau rouge 1903
In the Garden 1903-1904	Child with Red Hat 1904	Dorothy in a Very Large Bonnet and a Dark Coat 1904	Head of Simone in a Green Bonnet with Wavy Brim (No. 2) 1904	Head of Simone in a Green Bonnet with Wavy Brim 1904	Sara in Bonnet and Coat 1904	Young Girl with Bonnet 1904	La Glace a Main 1905	Mother and Daughter Looking at the Baby 1905
Sketch of Ellen My Cassatt in a Big Blue Hat 1905	The Mirror 1905	Young Mother and Two Children 1905	Sketch of Mother Looking down at Thomas 1905-1915	Mother and Two Children 1906	Motherhood. Mother Kissing Her Baby 1906	Portrait of Master St. Pierre as a Young Boy 1906	Sketch of Master St. Pierre 1906	Young Boy in Blue 1906
Head of a Smiling Child. A Study for 'Mother and Child in a Boat' 1906-1907	Preparatory Sketch for Mother and Child in a Boat 1906-1908	Children Playing with a Dog 1907	Mother Jeanne Nursing Her Baby 1907-1908	Study of Mother Jeanne's Head, Looking down 1907-1908	Boat, Bath 1908	Bust of Francoise Looking Down 1908	Child with Red Hat 1908	Children Playing with a Cat 1908
Francoise Wearing a Big White Hat 1908	Girl In Large Hat 1908	Head of Francoise Looking Down (no.4) 1908	Maternal Tenderness 1908	Mother and Child 1908	Mother and Child 1908	Mother And Child 1908	Mother and Child Smiling at Each Other 1908	Mother Rose Looking down on Her Sleeping Baby 1908
Sara Holding A Cat 1908	Sara in a Bonnet 1908	Sara in Dark Bonnet with Right Hand on Arm of Chair 1908	Sketch for 'Francoise in a Round Backed Chair, Reading', 'A Girl in Pink' 1908	Sketch of Francois 1908	The Mauve Dressing Gown 1908	Young Girl Reading 1908	Denise at Her Dressing Table 1908-1909	Ellen Mary Cassatt with a Large Bow in Her Hair 1908-1909
Françoise in Green, Sewing 1908-1909	Antoinette at Her Dressing Table 1909	Francoise in a round-backed chair, reading 1909	Girl in a Bonnet Tied with a Large Pink Bow 1909	Head of Julie, Looking Down 1909	Little Girl in a Stiff, Round Hat, Looking to Right in a Sunny Garden 1909	Mother And Child In A Boat 1909	Woman`s Head with Large 1909	Augusta Sewing before a Window 1910
Auguste Reading to Her Daughter 1910	Baby John Asleep, Sucking His Thumb 1910	Child with Bangs in a Blue Dress 1910	Charles Dikran Kelekian 1910	Sketch of Head of a Girl with a Black Rosette 1910	Sleepy Baby 1910	Study for Augusta Reading to Her Daughter 1910	Two Mothers and a Child in a Boat 1910	Portrait of Mie Louise Durand Ruel 1911
Mother and Child Reading 1913	Nude Baby on Mother`s Lap Resting Her arm on the Back of the Chair 1913	The Chrochet Lesson 1913	Woman Sewing 1913-1914	Baby Lying on His Mother s Lap, reaching to hold a scarf 1914	Little girl in A red beret 1914	Mother and Child 1914	Mother and Child 1914	Mother and Child 1914
Mother Holding a Nude Baby Playing with a Toy Duck 1914	Mother Holding Her Baby 1914	Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Green Jabot 1914	Sketch of Tony 1914	Young Woman In Green Outdoors In The Sun 1914	Girl`s Head Green Background	In the garden	Little girl with cap Sun	Portrait of young girl