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Mary Cassatt : a life
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Mary Cassatt : a life

Author: Nancy Mowll Mathews
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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One of few women Impressionists, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) had a life of paradoxes: American born, she lived and worked in France; a classically trained artist, she preferred the company of radicals; never married, she painted exquisite and beloved portraits of mothers and children. This book provides new insight into the personal life and artistic endeavors of this extraordinary woman.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Mary Cassatt
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nancy Mowll Mathews
ISBN: 0300077548 9780300077544
OCLC Number: 39142974
Notes: Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Villard Books, 1994.
Description: ix, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Background and early education (1844-1865) --
Studies in Europe (1866-1870) --
Becoming professional (1870-1874) --
Changing direction (1875-1878) --
Impressionism (1879-1886) --
Her prime (1886-1893) --
American connections (1894-1899) --
"The most eminent of living American women painters" (1900-1910) --
Hard times (1911-1926) --
The historical Cassatt.
Responsibility: Nancy Mowll Mathews.

Abstract:

One of few women Impressionists, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) had a life of paradoxes: American born, she lived and worked in France; a classically trained artist, she preferred the company of radicals; never married, she painted exquisite and beloved portraits of mothers and children. This book provides new insight into the personal life and artistic endeavors of this extraordinary woman.

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