From the artist's life
Cassatt advised wealthy American friends on what to buy, helping fill US museums with the Impressionist masterpieces we treasure today.
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Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) was an American Impressionist who spent her career in Paris, famed above all for tender, unsentimental images of mothers and children. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists.
Cassatt helped introduce Impressionism to America and championed women's place in art.
- The only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists.
- Famed for tender mother-and-child scenes.
- Helped bring Impressionism to American collections.
Key works
Where to start
Complete list of key works
Works with a dedicated ArtAtlas page are highlighted in gold.
- The Child's BathOn ArtAtlas
- Little Girl in a Blue ArmchairListed for reference
- Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a LogeListed for reference
- The Cup of TeaListed for reference
- The Boating PartyListed for reference
- Girl Arranging Her HairListed for reference
- Woman with a SunflowerListed for reference
- In the LogeListed for reference
- Young Mother SewingListed for reference
- Lady at the Tea TableListed for reference
- Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror)Listed for reference
- A Woman and a Girl DrivingListed for reference
1893
The Child's Bath
Cassatt borrowed the high 'Japanese' viewpoint from an exhibition of ukiyo-e prints in Paris.