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Mary Stevenson Cassatt

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844 - 1926) was active/lived in Pennsylvania / France.  Mary Cassatt is known for Mother-child portrait and genre painting, etching.

Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt is best known for her mother and child compositions and also for her color prints, based on Japanese woodblock techniques and that combined drypoint, etching, and aquatint.  From 1890, she had her own printing press at her home.

Born in 1844 in Allegheny City (now part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, she was recognized by the turn of the century as one of the preeminent painters both of her native country and of France, which she made her permanent home in 1875.

She spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, and then lived with her mother in Europe from 1851 until 1858, studying in a number of cities including Paris, Parma, and Seville.  She returned to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1861 to 1865 and in 1866 went back to France, which she decided was best suited for her professional goals.  There she spent much time studying works by artists living and deceased, and painted with Auguste Renoir,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 34694 characters.]  Artist bio

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