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Biography of Mary CassattAmerican Impressionist painter, draftsman, genre painter, portraitist and printmakerborn 1844 - died 1926 Born in: Allegheny City (Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, United States). Died in: Le Mesnil-Théribus (Oise, Picardy, France) Also known as: Mary Stevenson Cassatt. Or spelled by mistake as Mary Cassat, Cassat Mary, Mary Cassatts, marie Cassatt. Student of: Charles Chaplin (1825-1891), Thomas Couture (1815-1879), Jean Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), Paul Constant Soyer (1823-1903) |
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Biography: Cassatt Mary (b. May 22, 1844, Allegheny City, Pa., U.S.--d. June 14,
1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, Fr.), American painter and printmaker who exhibited with the Impressionists. |
At the age of 15 Mary decided to become an artist and enrolled in 1861 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art in Philadelphia. She took art classes for 4 years (1861-65) and continued to pursue studies on her own. Soon marie Cassatt got frustrated with the education in the US. She felt she needed to study in Europe, her choice was Paris. Her mother supported her daughter’s desire. Since the Ecole des Beaux-Arts did not admit women, Mary Cassatt (in 1866) studied for a short period in the studio of Charles Chaplin, then took private lessons from Jean Léon Gérôme. In addition, Cassatt registered among the copyists at the Louvre. In 1868 mother and child by Mary Cassatt was exhibited for the 1st time in the Salon. The most important influence on Mary Cassatt in the years before 1875 was exercised by Edouard Manet, although Cassatt did not accept students, she saw his pictures and they were much discussed both by artists and art critics. | |||||||
Mary Cassatt portrait became known by the painter who was sought after by American visitors to
France: Portrait of an Elderly Lady. As the sitters are often known, many of
Cassatt paintings can be considered portraits: Mary
Ellison Embroidering, Reading Le Figaro.. Cassatt painting differed from the stiff academic tradition of portrait painting as a mere
likeness insofar as most of her subjects were either engaged in some kind of activity or caught in a casual pose. In 1877 Mary Cassatt met Degas, who advised her to join the Impressionists. “I accepted with joy. Now I could work with absolute independence without considering the opinion of a jury. I had already recognized who were my true masters. I admired Manet, Courbet, and Degas. I took leave of conventional art. I began to live.” A close friendship with Degas began, which lasted until Degas’ death in 1917. Degas and Renoir greatly influenced the style of Mary Cassatt works. |
For a long time Cassatt was even thought of as a pupil of Degas. Though their
relations were those of two friends, and the influence was mutual. Once, on
seeing some of paintings by Mary Cassatt, Degas said that Mary Cassatt would not have admitted that a woman could draw so well. Mary Cassatt oil painting American and biography is here.
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