Mary Cassatt
American painter and printmaker, 1844–1926, active in France
SchoolImpressionist
BiographyMary Cassatt was an Impressionist painter, best known for her intimate paintings of women and children. Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Cassatt was raised in Philadelphia and in Europe. Starting at age 15, she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She moved to Paris in 1866 and studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme. She spent much of her life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists.Person TypeIndividual
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American painter, printmaker, 1852–1919
American painter and designer, 1866-1952
French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist, 1852–1931
American illustrator, 1857–1907
American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1858–1932
French painter, etcher, and ceramicist, 1833–1914
American illustrator, 1873–1949
English painter and artists' model, 1844–1927
