Creator story
Surprising fact
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
A key work by Mary Cassatt
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1893
The Child's Bath
The Child's Bath is one of Mary Cassatt's defining works.