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    Mary Cassatt: Paintings
    Mary Cassatt: Paintings
    Mary Cassatt: Paintings
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    Mary Cassatt: Paintings

    By Josh Parker

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    Mary Cassatt was an American impressionist painter who depicted the lives of women, chiefly the intimate bond between mother and child. At the beginning of the 20th century, she had achieved widespread fame for her paintings. Cassatt was the only American to exhibit with the Impressionists. Her works, which were painted into a purely Impressionist style, met with great acclaim, established her reputation as an Impressionist, and consequently, were the foundation for her long and distinguished career. Edgar Degas and Cassatt were close friends and artistic allies whose shared stylistic concerns lead to mutual explorations of light, color and form. While both artists depicted scenes of modern life, they differed in their portrayal of women. Mary Cassatt was focused primarily on mother and child theme, which she treated with warmth and naturalness in paintings, pastels, and prints.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJosh Parker
    Release dateFeb 2, 2015
    ISBN9786050353969
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      Mary Cassatt - Josh Parker

      Mary Cassatt: Paintings

      By Josh Parker

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      Copyright © 2015 by Josh Parker

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      Mary Cassatt: Paintings

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      Foreword

      Mary Cassatt was an American impressionist painter who depicted the lives of women, chiefly the intimate 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. Degas and Pissarro would later become her mentors and fellow painters. She began studying art seriously at the age of 15, at a time when only around twenty percent of all arts students were female. Unlike many of the other female students, she was determined to make art her career, rather than just a social skill. She was disappointed at her art education in the United States, and moved to Paris to study art under private tutors in Paris. Her mother and

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