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Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter who, together with Marie Bracquemond and Berthe Morisot, was one of the "Grandes Dames" of Impressionism. Her father was a stockbroker and real estate agent, her mother came from a respected banking family. This wealthy background enabled Cassatt to receive an excellent education. Especially her mother, who was described as very well-read and educated, is said to have influenced her. During her childhood the family lived in Europe for five years. During this time Cassatt probably became interested in painting and later decided to study art to become a professional painter herself. The family was against it for various reasons, one being that it was inappropriate for women from wealthy families to pursue a profession at that time. On the other hand, her conservative parents feared that her studies would lead her to embrace feminist and unconventional ideologies. In fact, Cassatt later campaigned strongly for equal rights and the right to vote for women.
Against the will of her parents, Cassatt began studying at the Pennsylvania Art Academy at the age of 15. Although around 20% of the students were female, they were not accepted as fully-fledged by the teaching staff and male fellow students. This fact, the slowly progressing curriculum and the poor course offerings frustrated Cassatt so much that she dropped out of her studies prematurely. Once again she was able to assert her will and travelled to Europe to study the old masters on her own. Not only her father was strictly against her career aspirations, but she often met with resistance from the academic artists in Paris, where she ended up settling down. She was rarely given the recognition she deserved for her work. It was therefore not surprising that she accepted the invitation of Edgar Degas and exhibited many works with the Impressionists, who were considered unconventional. She became a passionate advocate of the movement, especially in her old home country.
Mary Cassatt remained unmarried, as did her close friend Degas. Despite their close relationship, an affair seems unlikely, as they were both influenced by their strictly conservative, moral background. Vincent van Gogh is also said to have intimated in some letters that Degas was sexually abstinent. Nevertheless, their relationship was so close that the studios of the two were only 5 minutes apart. Degas was in her studio almost daily, a close advisor and her mentor. Cassatt tried to distance herself from Degas' works by often focusing on women in everyday life and especially the intimate relationship between mother and child, as in "La Toilette" or "The Breastfeeding Mother". From 1910 on, her active creative period declined. Her brother died that year of an infection, which he probably contracted during a trip to Egypt with his wife and Mary. Until 1912 she could no longer paint out of grief. Later she increasingly lost her eyesight due to diabetes, until she finally became completely blind. This is said to have affected her deeply, because her great passion, art, was extinguished together with her eyesight.
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter who, together with Marie Bracquemond and Berthe Morisot, was one of the "Grandes Dames" of Impressionism. Her father was a stockbroker and real estate agent, her mother came from a respected banking family. This wealthy background enabled Cassatt to receive an excellent education. Especially her mother, who was described as very well-read and educated, is said to have influenced her. During her childhood the family lived in Europe for five years. During this time Cassatt probably became interested in painting and later decided to study art to become a professional painter herself. The family was against it for various reasons, one being that it was inappropriate for women from wealthy families to pursue a profession at that time. On the other hand, her conservative parents feared that her studies would lead her to embrace feminist and unconventional ideologies. In fact, Cassatt later campaigned strongly for equal rights and the right to vote for women.
Against the will of her parents, Cassatt began studying at the Pennsylvania Art Academy at the age of 15. Although around 20% of the students were female, they were not accepted as fully-fledged by the teaching staff and male fellow students. This fact, the slowly progressing curriculum and the poor course offerings frustrated Cassatt so much that she dropped out of her studies prematurely. Once again she was able to assert her will and travelled to Europe to study the old masters on her own. Not only her father was strictly against her career aspirations, but she often met with resistance from the academic artists in Paris, where she ended up settling down. She was rarely given the recognition she deserved for her work. It was therefore not surprising that she accepted the invitation of Edgar Degas and exhibited many works with the Impressionists, who were considered unconventional. She became a passionate advocate of the movement, especially in her old home country.
Mary Cassatt remained unmarried, as did her close friend Degas. Despite their close relationship, an affair seems unlikely, as they were both influenced by their strictly conservative, moral background. Vincent van Gogh is also said to have intimated in some letters that Degas was sexually abstinent. Nevertheless, their relationship was so close that the studios of the two were only 5 minutes apart. Degas was in her studio almost daily, a close advisor and her mentor. Cassatt tried to distance herself from Degas' works by often focusing on women in everyday life and especially the intimate relationship between mother and child, as in "La Toilette" or "The Breastfeeding Mother". From 1910 on, her active creative period declined. Her brother died that year of an infection, which he probably contracted during a trip to Egypt with his wife and Mary. Until 1912 she could no longer paint out of grief. Later she increasingly lost her eyesight due to diabetes, until she finally became completely blind. This is said to have affected her deeply, because her great passion, art, was extinguished together with her eyesight.
.jpg "Woman Bathing, 1890-91 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Child in a Straw Hat by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Breakfast in Bed, 1897 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Reclining Nude by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Lilacs in a Window by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Child")
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.jpg "The Boating Party by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Sara holding a cat by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Young Woman Sewing in the garden, c.1880-82 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Two Seated Women by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mrs Cassatt Reading to her Grandchildren, 1888 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Letter by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Lilacs in a Window by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Feeding the Ducks by Mary Cassatt")
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_1890-1_(drypoint_and_aquatint)_-_(MeisterDrucke-379749).jpg "Woman Bathing (La Toilette) by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Child")
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.jpg "Mother in Purple Holding her Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mother and Nude Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Nude Baby on Mother")
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.jpg "Children Playing on the Beach, 1884 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Children Playing on the Beach by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait by Mary Cassatt")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-571574).jpg "Woman with a Nude Boy at her Side by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman Wearing Bonnet by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman with a Sunflower, c. 1905 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Sketch for \"Francoise in a Round-Backed Chair, Reading\" or \"A Girl in Pink\" by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Children Playing on the Beach by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "In the Garden by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Children Playing with a Cat by Mary Cassatt")
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 c1878 - (MeisterDrucke-218727).jpg "The Reader (Lydia Cassatt) c.1878 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Letter verso, 1890-1891 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mother")
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.jpg "Woman with a Sunflower by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman, 1881-83 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Caress, c. 1891 by Mary Cassatt")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-84756).jpg "Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Reine Lefebvre Holding a Nude Baby by Mary Cassatt")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-178524).jpg "Margot, 19th Century by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman on a Bench by Mary Cassatt")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-313560).jpg "A Kiss for Baby Anne, 1897 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "In the Box by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Leontine in a Pink Fluffy Hat by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Quietude by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Children in a Garden by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mother and Child, 1914 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman with a Red Zinnia, 1891 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Head of a Woman with a Large Hat by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "A Goodnight Hug by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Young Girl Reading by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "On a Balcony by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Tea by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Boating Party by Mary Cassatt")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-368568).jpg "Louisine Havemeyer and Her Daughter Electra by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Nurse and Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Coiffure, c. 1891 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman Bathing by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Bath by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Lamp by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Young Mother by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Sara in dark Bonnet Tied under her Chin, c.1901 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Nurse Reading to a Little Girl, 1895 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Young Mother Sewing by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Young Bride by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Little Girl in a Redcurrant Dress by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman with Baby by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Mirror by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Mandolin Player by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Long Gloves, 1889 by Mary Cassatt")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-121542).jpg "Woman Bathing by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "At the Window by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Maternity by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman with a Red Zinnia by Mary Cassatt")
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 c1889-90 (soft-ground etching aq - (MeisterDrucke-648413).jpg "Nurse and Baby Bill (No. 1), c.1889-90 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Visitor by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Loge by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Coiffure, 1890-1891 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Mother Feeding Child, 1898 by Mary Cassatt")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-600536).jpg "Reflection by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Child")
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.jpg "Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Baby Charles, 1900 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Letter by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Black Hat by Mary Cassatt")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-419071).jpg "La Toilette by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Peasant Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Letter by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Girl playing with a ball of wool, c. 1875 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Barefooted Child, c.1896 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "The Bath by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla, 1873 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Child in a Straw Hat, c. 1886 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Woman with Nude Boy at Her Left by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Young Girl at a Window, c.1883-84 by Mary Cassatt")
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.jpg "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair by Mary Cassatt")
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