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'''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' lived from 1844 to 1926.  She was an [[Impressionism|Impressionistic]] painter, famous for her beautiful portraits of women and children (she used members of her own family as subjects). Cassatt was one of the few American artists active in the XIX century French [[avant-garde]].  

'''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' lived from 1844 to 1926.  She was an [[Impressionism|Impressionistic]] painter, famous for her beautiful portraits of women and children (she used members of her own family as subjects). Cassatt was one of the few American artists active in the XIX century French [[avant-garde]].  

With loss of sight Mary Cassatt was no longer able to paint after 1914.  She decided at an early age not to accept marriage proposals because it would interfere with her career as an artist.  She was  linked to neither heterosexual nor lesbian relationships, which were not unheard of among French artistic circles of the time.  Her outspokenness was uniquely directed at developments in the art world. Her legacy today remains her attention to societal female roles, especially to the intimate family relationships between mothers and children and she is perhaps the best-known female American painter of any period.<ref>Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Mary Cassatt: A Life, 1998, Yale University Press.</ref>  

With loss of sight Mary Cassatt was no longer able to paint after 1914.  She decided at an early age not to accept marriage proposals because it would interfere with her career as an artist.  She was  linked to neither heterosexual nor lesbian relationships, which were not unheard of among French artistic circles of the time.  Her outspokenness was uniquely directed at developments in the art world. Her legacy today remains her attention to societal female roles, especially to the intimate family relationships between mothers and children and she is perhaps the best-known female American painter of any period.<ref>Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Mary Cassatt: A Life, 1998, Yale University Press.</ref>  

 

 

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Painting Schools]]

*[[Painting Schools]]

*[[Painting Masterpieces]]

*[[Painting Masterpieces]]

== External links ==

== External links ==

 

*[http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cassatt/cassattbio.html Mary Cassatt] Olga's Gallery.  

*[http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cassatt/cassattbio.html Mary Cassatt] Olga's Gallery.  

*[http://www.renoirinc.com/biography/artists/cassatt.htm Mary Cassatt] Renoir Fine Art Investments.   

*[http://www.renoirinc.com/biography/artists/cassatt.htm Mary Cassatt] Renoir Fine Art Investments.   

[[Image:Mary Cassatt.jpg|left|Self Portrait]] Self Portrait.

[[Image:Mary Cassatt.jpg|thumb|left|Self Portrait]]  

 

[[Image:Cassatt. Young Woman Reading.jpg|thumb|Young Woman Reading]]

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[[Edgar Degas]], Portrait of Mary Cassatt.

[[Edgar Degas]], Portrait of Mary Cassatt.

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