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MARY CASSATT: 'America's Great Impressionist' // May 22, 1844 -- January 14, 1926; AMERICAN HEROES
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YOUNG WOMEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY simply did not have careers.
Their proper place was in the home, as a wife and mother. Certainly,
it was acceptable to be talented in the so-called parlor arts like
sewing, embroidery, and occasional painting. But pursuing art as a
career? Never! Reportedly, Mary Cassatt's father even said, "I would
almost rather see you dead."
But Mary Stevenson Cassatt would not be discouraged. Not by her
dad, not by her art teachers (who were all men, by the way...
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Boundary issues: The art world under the sign of globalism
Artforum
; You could call it a pathology of self-definition. Either that or a severe case of "boundary issues." For close to ten years now, that ambient phenomenon known as the art world has been hit by what amounts to an identity crisis, more often than not figured under the sign of globalization. Flip
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Mary Cassatt onstage in Acton
The Boston Globe
; GLOBE NORTHWEST 1 / PEOPLE & PLACES / BEHIND THE SCENES Behind the Scenes Mary Cassatt and the Impressionists Acton Woman's Club St. Matthew's Methodist Church 435 Central St., Acton Sunday, 4 p.m. $15, $12, and $10, limited seating 978-263-5275 actonwomansclub.org Robin Lane has depicted
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Mary Cassatt, Genteel Powerhouse.
World and I
; An exhibition shows that the American Impressionist's telling images of women and children reveal a progressive outlook that reflected new attitudes about women, childhood, and child rearing. Mary Cassatt fits into the present world without seeming out of date. There is an inner conviction about
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Celebrating everyday life.(art of Mary Cassatt)(Looking/Learning)
School Arts
; Mary Cassatt's paintings and graphics depict the world of nineteenth-century women, mothers, and children. Her exploration of intimate domestic life is informed by an unsurpassed ability to capture the natural, sometimes awkward poses of her figures. She avoided appealing to sentimentality by
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Mary Cassatt's feminist vision.(Arts)(Art)
The Washington Times
; The label feminist painter has destroyed many female artists. At best, it is misleading, especially when applied to the 19th-century American expatriate Mary Cassatt. There is no reason to hype the work of Cassatt (1844-1926) in this way. Her paintings of women and children, family and friends
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