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MARY CASSATT. “Cassatt's life was marked by her bold resolve to transcend conventional expectations for women and to succeed as an innovative professional.

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1 MARY CASSATT

2 “Cassatt's life was marked by her bold resolve to transcend conventional expectations for women and to succeed as an innovative professional artist.” Source: Boston Museum of Fine Arts http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/cassatt/intro.html

3 Portrait of a Little Girl “Cassatt submitted this painting to the American section of the 1878 Paris world's fair. It was refused, confirming Cassatt's alliance with the Impressionists and her determination to reject the commonplace system of juried exhibitions.” http://www.mfa.org/exhibi tions/cassatt/girl.html

4 Girls Young Girl at a Window c. 1883 Oil on canvas 100.3 x 64.7 cm Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.artchive.com/

5 Girls The Banjo Lesson 1893/94 Pastel over oiled pastel on tan wove paper 72.2 x 58.6 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond http://www.artchive.com/

6 Girls The Loge c.1880 Oil on canvas 31.5 x 25.25 inches / 80.01 x 64.14 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA Added 12/3/2001 http://www.artrene wal.org/asp/databa se/art.asp?aid=63 1 http://www.artrene wal.org/asp/databa se/art.asp?aid=63 1

7 Girls Portrait of a Lady 1877 Oil on canvas 85.7 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.artchive.com /

8 Girls 1886 Oil on canvas 29.5 x 24.5 inches / 74.93 x 62.23 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA Added 12/3/2001 http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art. asp?aid=631

9 Portrait of a Little Girl 1878, Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Girls

10 Backgrounds Are Significant "...Cassatt had completely absorbed from her Impressionist colleagues Caillebotte, Degas, and Renoir, as well as her study of Japanese prints, the modern idea that the background of a painting might be as significant as the foreground. http://www.artchive.com/a rtchive/C/cassatt.html Caillebotte Renoir http://www.artchive.com/a rtchive/C/cassatt.html

11 Backgrounds Are Significant Cassatt, Mary The Lamp 1890-91 Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper 32.3 x 25.2 cm The Art Institute of ChicagoCassatt, Mary http://www.artchive.com/

12 Japanese Influence Cassatt, Mary The Letter 1890-91 Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper 34.5 x 21.1 cm The Art Institute of ChicagoCassatt, Mary http://www.artchive.com/

13 In the Loge (At the Français, a Sketch) 1877-78, Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection, 1910 10.35 Cassatt exhibited this painting in Boston in 1878; in 1910 it became one of the first of her works to enter the collection of an American museum.” http://www.mfa.org/exhibitio ns/cassatt/intheloge.html Women

14 Cassatt, Mary Woman in Black (Femme en noir) c. 1882 Oil on canvas 100.6 x 74 cm (39 3/4 x 29 in.) http://www.artchive.com/

15 Women c.1880 Oil on canvas 36.25 x 25.75 inches / 92.08 x 65.41 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York, USA Added 12/3/2001 http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art. asp?aid=631

16 Women Reading "Le Figaro", 1878, oil on canvas, private collection. http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/ cassatt/index.html

17 Women Cassatt, Mary Lydia in a Loge, Wearing a Pearl Necklace 1879 Oil on canvas 31 5/8 x 23 in (80.3 x 58.4 cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art http://www.artchive.com/

18 Women Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly 1880 Oil on canvas 26 x 37 in (66 x 94 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York http://www.artchi ve.com/

19 Women Cassatt, Mary Woman Standing, Holding a Fan 1878/79 Distemper with metallic paint on canvas 128.6 x 72 cm Private collectionCassatt, Mary http://www.artchive.com/

20 Women The Bath 1890-91 Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper 36.8 x 26.3 cm The Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artchive.com/

21 Women Cassatt, Mary Young Woman Trying on a Dress 1890-91 Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper 37.7 x 25.6 cm The Art Institute of ChicagoCassatt, Mary http://www.artchive.com/

22 Women Cassatt, Mary Young Women Picking Fruit 1891/92 Oil on canvas 132 x 91.5 cm Carnegie Museum of Art, PittsburghCassatt, Mary http://www.artchive.com/a rtchive/C/cassatt/cassatt_ picking_fruit.jpg.html

23 Women Lydia at the Tapestry Loom Oil on canvas 25.5 x 36.5 inches / 64.77 x 92.71 cm Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA http://www.artr enewal.org/as p/database/art. asp?aid=631

24 Motherhood Cassatt, Mary Mother and Child c. 1900 Pastel on tan wove paper 71 x 58.5 cm The Art Institute of ChicagoCassatt, Mary http://www.artchive.com/

25 Motherhood Cassatt, Mary Cassatt, Mary Young Mother 1900 Oil on canvas 92.4 x 73.7 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York http://www.artchive.com/

26 Motherhood La Toilette c. 1891 Oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 26 in. The Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artchive.com/

27 Motherhood Child Picking a Fruit 1893 Oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond http://www.artchive.com/

28 Motherhood 1900 Oil on canvas 36.5 x 28.75 inches / 92.71 x 73.03 cm Private collection Added 12/3/2001 http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art. asp?aid=631

29 Motherhood

30 Mothers and Daughters Summertime c. 1894 Oil on canvas 100.7 x 81.3 cm Terra Foundation for the Arts http://www.artchive.com/

31 Mothers and Daughters Cassatt, Mary Le the (Five O'Clock Tea) 1880 Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 36 1/2 in (64.7 x 92.7 cm) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston http://www.http://www artchive.com/

32 Women and Children Children Playing With Cat 1908 Oil on canvas 33 x 41 inches / 83.82 x 104.14 cm Private collection http://www.artrene wal.org/asp/databa se/art.asp?aid=631

33 Women and Children Woman and Child Driving, 1879-81, Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://cgfa.su nsite.dk/cas satt/index.ht ml

34 Families The Boating Party 1893-94 Oil on canvas 90.2 x 117.5 cm (35 1/2 x 46 1/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.artchive.com/

35 Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt and His Son Robert Kelso Cassatt 1884-85, Oil on canvas Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund and funds contributed by Mrs. William Coxe Wright; Philadelphia Museum of Art Images of men are unusual in Cassatt's work. This is a portrait of her brother Alexander with Robbie, the third of his four children. http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/cas satt/cassatt.html Men

36 Toreador 1873 Oil on canvas 32.25 x 25.25 inches / 81.92 x 64.14 cm The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art. asp?aid=631

37 Self Portrait Self-portrait c. 1880 Watercolor on ivory wove paper 33 x 24 cm National Portrait Gallery, Washington http://www.artchive.com/

38 Divide into Groups 1. Mary Cassatt’s biography 2. Women 3. Children 4. Motherhood 5. Men 6. Families


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