Mary Cassatt was a famous American born female painter and printmaker associated with the Impressionism art movement. She is best known for her paintings of domestic scenes and portraits of women and children. Famous Mary Cassatt artworks include “Maternité”, “Lady at the Tea Table”, “Children on the Beach”, “Portrait of Madame Sisley”, “In the Box”, “Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge”, “Woman Bathing (La Toilette)”, “The Child’s Bath”, “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”, and “Reading “Le Figaro””.
Mini biography: Born Mary Stevenson Cassatt on the 22nd of May, 1844 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Her mother was Katherine Kelso Johnston and her father Robert Simpson Cassat was an investor and stockbroker. The artist died on the 14th of June, 1926 in Château de Beaufresne, France at the age of 82. Cassatt is buried at the Le Mesnil Theribus Cimetière, Le Mesnil-Theribus, Departement de l’Oise, Picardie, France.
List of Famous Mary Cassatt Art Quotes
I had already recognized who were my true masters. I admired Manet, Courbet and Degas. I hated conventional art – I began to live. Mary Cassatt
It is as well not to have too great an admiration for your master’s work. You will be in less danger of imitating him. Mary Cassatt
I used to go and flatten my nose against the window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it. Mary Cassatt
O how wild I am to get to work, my fingers fairly itch and my eyes water to see a fine picture again. Mary Cassatt
Art Quotes About Mary Cassatt
Most women paint as though they are trimming hats. Not you. Edgar Degas Quotes
Women painted women: Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Mary Cassatt, and so forth. And I thought, men always painted the opposite sex, and I wanted to paint men as sex objects. Elaine de Kooning Quotes
Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait Painting
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Related or similar popular artists include: Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, and other Famous American Artists.
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