Thursday, 1 June 2017

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. 

Born:

 22 May 1844, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 

14 June 1926, Paris, France

On view:

 National Gallery of Art, Harvard Art Museums, more

Periods:

 Impressionism, Modern art, American Impressionism, Realism, Post-Impressionism

Education:

 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1859–1865)

Siblings: 

Alexander Cassatt, Lydia Cassatt, Robbie Cassatt

 

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