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A 5 page paper which examines the life and work
of artist Mary Cassatt. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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mentioned" while "few know the American woman artist Mary Cassatt" (Artelino). Interestingly enough, however, her work is easily recognizable and most people, when confronted with one of her paintings will
realize they have seen many of her paintings without really knowing who the artist was. The following paper examines the life and work of Mary Cassatt, while illustrating how she
was one of the Impressionists but that her work was different from the evolving nature of other impressionists of her time. Biography "Mary Cassatt was born in 1844
in Pennsylvania, USA as the daughter of a wealthy merchant. At the age of seven her family left for Paris in France" where they lived for a few years (Artelino).
They returned to the United States but Mary had been so impressed with art while they were there that she told her parents she wanted to be an artist. As
would be easily expected, "Becoming an artist in the 19th century was as difficult for a woman as becoming a doctor. Society then had a different understanding of the role
of women" (Artelino). But, after a great deal of argument Marys parents agreed to allow her to study art. Her parents let her "visit the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. In 1866 she went back to Paris" where "She copied the old masters in the Louvre and other museums. The young woman artist had acquired pretty good skills
in traditional art style and in 1872 a Mary Cassatt painting was even accepted by the judges of the Salon" (Artelino). At this point in her life she met Edgar
Degas who was, at the time, "an artist from the group of Impressionists who were refused by the Salon and had established their own show, the Salon des Refuses. Edgar
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