Mar
y C
assa
ttM
ay 2
2, 1
84
4 –
Ju
ne 1
4,
19
26
an
Am
er
ican
pain
ter
an
dpr
intm
aker
Sh
e l
ived
mu
ch
of h
er
ad
ult
lif
e i
n F
ran
ce
Cassatt
ofte
n c
reate
dim
ag
es o
f t
he s
ocia
l a
nd
pr
ivate
liv
es o
f w
om
en
fr
om
her
tim
e
Sh
e o
fte
n f
ocu
sed
on
inti
mate
bo
nd
s b
etw
een
mo
ther
s a
nd
ch
ild
ren
.
late
r e
xh
ibit
ed
am
on
g t
he
“Im
pr
essio
nis
ts”
• • • • • •
Cassatt
was b
or
n i
n A
lleg
hen
yC
ity,
Pen
nsylvan
ia,
wh
ich
is n
ow
par
t o
f P
itts
bu
rg
h!
Sh
e w
as b
or
n i
nto
an
upper
-m
idd
le-c
lass f
am
ily,
her
fath
er
was a
sto
ckb
ro
ker
Cassatt
was o
ne o
f s
even
ch
ild
ren
.
Her
fam
ily m
oved
eastw
ar
d,
fir
st
to L
an
caste
r,
Pen
nsylvan
ia,
then
to t
he P
hil
ad
elph
ia a
rea,
wh
er
esh
e b
eg
an
sch
oo
lin
g a
t ag
e 6
.
• • • •
Ear
ly Y
ear
s
Her E
du
cati
on
Cassatt
gr
ew
up i
n a
nen
vir
on
men
t th
at
vie
wed
tr
avel a
sin
teg
ral t
o e
du
cati
on
Sh
e s
pen
t 5
year
s i
n E
ur
ope a
nd
vis
ited
man
y o
f t
he c
apit
als,
inclu
din
g L
on
do
n,
Par
is,
an
dB
er
lin
.
Wh
ile a
br
oad
sh
e l
ear
ned
Ger
man
an
d F
ren
ch
an
d h
ad
her
fir
st
lesso
ns i
n d
raw
ing
an
dm
usic
Th
ou
gh
her
fam
ily o
bje
cte
d t
oh
er
beco
min
g a
pr
ofessio
nal
ar
tist,
Cassatt
beg
an
stu
dyin
gpain
tin
g a
t th
e P
en
nsylvan
iaA
cad
em
y o
f t
he F
ine A
rts
in
Ph
ilad
elph
ia a
t th
e e
ar
ly a
ge
o
f 1
5.
• • • •
Pain
tin
g s
tyle
Cassatt
had
a l
oo
se
pain
ter
ly
sty
le w
ith
so
ft
co
lo
rs
sh
e o
fte
nlik
ed
to
pain
tw
hat
was
ar
ou
nd
her
in h
er
well
off l
ife-
sty
le
sh
e p
ain
ted
a l
ot
of
mo
ther
an
dch
ild
pain
tin
gs
• • •
Sh
e w
as c
on
sid
er
ed
an
“im
pr
essio
nis
t” d
ue t
o t
he h
er
lo
ose s
tyle
Let’
s Tal
k A
rt!
Ho
w w
as t
his
wo
rk m
ad
e?
(wh
at
mate
ria
ls)
Is t
her
e a
nyth
ing
“specia
l”
ab
ou
t h
ow
th
e a
rti
st
used
th
e m
ate
ria
ls?
Can
yo
u t
ell W
HE
RE
th
e a
rti
st
is f
ro
m b
ylo
okin
g a
t th
e p
ain
tin
g?
or
a T
IME
PE
RIO
D?
• • •
Let’
s Tal
k A
rt!
Wh
at
makes t
his
ar
tist
specia
l?
Can
yo
u t
ell i
f t
he a
rti
st
is i
n a
cer
tain
ar
tsty
le (
ab
str
act?
, im
pr
essio
nis
m?,
cu
bis
m?)
Wh
at
is t
he s
ub
ject
matt
er
of t
his
pain
tin
g?
• • •
Let’
s Tal
k A
rt!
Wh
at
do
YO
U l
ike a
bo
ut
this
wo
rk?
Wh
at
sta
nd
s o
ut
to y
ou
? W
her
e d
oes y
ou
r e
ye
go
fir
st?
Wh
at
ar
e t
he s
hapes o
r c
olo
rs y
ou
see?
• • •
Let’
s Tal
k A
rt!
wh
y d
o y
ou
th
ink t
he a
rti
st
mad
e t
his
pic
tur
e?
Wo
uld
YO
U l
ike t
o o
wn
th
is p
iece o
f a
rtw
or
k?
Wh
at
is y
ou
r o
ver
all i
mpr
essio
n o
f t
his
pie
ce?
• • •
Let’
s M
ake A
rt!
Th
ink a
bo
ut
a “
kin
d”
mo
men
t at
ho
me (
read
ing
a b
oo
kw
ith
a p
ar
en
t, l
ayin
g o
n t
he g
ro
un
d w
ith
yo
ur
do
g,
or
a m
om
en
t w
ith
a g
ran
dpar
en
to
r g
uar
dia
n?)
Tr
y a
nd
Dr
aw
th
at
mo
men
t lik
e M
ar
y C
assatt
,w
hat
deta
ils a
re i
mpo
rta
nt?
Tr
y a
nd
Use t
he p
aste
ls p
ro
vid
ed
to
cr
eate
aso
ft
sty
le, lo
ose i
nte
rpr
eta
tio
n l
ike C
assatt
• • •