Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassattwas an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth22 May 1844
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the world will suffice for me in the future.
It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.
There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother... A woman artist must be... capable of making primary sacrifices.