Mary Cassatt [1844 – 1926] The Boating Party c. 1893 - 1894.
Mary Cassatt By Jaime Lankford. Mary was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1844. When she was 7 her...
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Mary Cassatt
By Jaime Lankford
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• Mary was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1844.
• When she was 7 her family moved to Paris, France for a couple of years.
• Mary first decided she wanted to become an artist when they returned to America after seeing all of the beautiful art works in Paris.
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• Mary wanted to be an artist in a time when women were suppose to stay at home and be wives and mothers but she moved to Paris to become an artist anyway.
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• Mary loved families and children so most of her paintings and pastels are of children and their parents.
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Mary was good friends with many famous artists called the French Impressionists .
Edgar Degas was her closest friend.
Mary helped Americans see the beauty of the French Impressionists and help their paintings sell in America.
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Before Mary met the French Impressionists she painted people with dark backgrounds and in fancy clothes.
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• After she met the French Impressionists, she started painting people with brighter colors and doing normal everyday things.
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• She never had any children but she is most famous for her mother and child paintings.
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• Mary helped to teach the world that women can be great artists too.