Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania in 1844.

When Mary was little, her family lived in France and Germany for several years.
After returning to the U.S.A, she wanted to be an artist.

She went to Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts.
She moved to Paris and became influenced by the impressionist artists like Edgar Degas.
Mary Cassatt became a famous painter in the 1870s.

She was an American painter who joined the impressionist movement.

Impressionist means a painting that shows an object, landscape, or people by using spots and dashes of color.

Mary liked to paint people in natural settings.
One of her favorite subjects to paint were mothers with their children.

One of her famous paintings is called “The Cup of Tea.” It shows her sister drinking a cup of tea.

In “The Cup of Tea” picture, her sister is wearing a pink dress that glows.

Mary also made prints. Prints are pictures made on paper using ink and wood blocks, metal or stone.

Mary stopped painting by 1914 because she lost her eyesight.

She died in 1926 in France.