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Mary Cassatt, 19th Century American Impressionist |
22 Feb 2006 |
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Mary Cassatt was born in 1844 in Allegheny near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. At the age of 16 she decided to study art seriously and when she was 21 she moved to Paris, which was then the centre of the art world. Cassatt was one of only a handful of women who joined the Impressionists (or the Independents, as she preferred to call them) and the only American painter of her generation who wholeheartedly embraced the Impressionist style. However, she is relatively little known compared with her contemporaries Degas, Monet and Pissarro.
As a new exhibition featuring her work opens at the National Gallery, Jenni Murray discusses her artistic achievements and impact with Tamar Garb, professor of art history at University College London, and Griselda Pollock, biographer of Mary Cassatt and professor of art history at Leeds University.National Gallery: Mary CassattDisclaimer
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