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About Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt is widely acclaimed for her intimate scenes of mothers and children, such as Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child (1880), that are painted with quick brushstrokes in a pastel palette. Invited in 1877 by her friend and mentor Edgar Degas, Cassatt was one of three women—and the only American—to join a group of artists later known as the Impressionists, which included Claude Monet and Camille Pissaro. Influenced by the Japanese prints she collected, Cassatt developed a refined drawing style that blended European and Asian effects, increasingly creating figural compositions, like The Letter (1890), with flattened forms and harmonious color combinations.
American , 1844-1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, based in Paris, France
Solo Shows on Artsy
2017
Mary Cassatt: Works on Paper, Adelson Galleries, New York
Group Shows on Artsy
2017
Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Legion of Honor, San Francisco
2017
Women in Art, Galerie d'Orsay, Boston
2016
d'Orsay & d'Orsay, Galerie d'Orsay, Boston
2016
DEMIMONDE: The Floating World & Toulouse-Lautrec, Ronin Gallery, New York
2015
American & European Masters, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville
2015
Inventing Impressionism, The National Gallery, London, London
2014
American Masters - Art of the 19th - 21st Centuries, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville
2013
Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Prints and Drawings at the Blanton, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
2012
The Circle of Toulouse-Lautrec, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland
