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4 –

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ne 1

4,

19

26

an

Am

er

ican

pain

ter

an

dpr

intm

aker

Sh

e l

ived

mu

ch

of h

er

ad

ult

lif

e i

n F

ran

ce

Cassatt

ofte

n c

reate

dim

ag

es o

f t

he s

ocia

l a

nd

pr

ivate

liv

es o

f w

om

en

fr

om

her

tim

e

Sh

e o

fte

n f

ocu

sed

on

inti

mate

bo

nd

s b

etw

een

mo

ther

s a

nd

ch

ild

ren

.

late

r e

xh

ibit

ed

am

on

g t

he

“Im

pr

essio

nis

ts”

• • • • • •

Cassatt

was b

or

n i

n A

lleg

hen

yC

ity,

Pen

nsylvan

ia,

wh

ich

is n

ow

par

t o

f P

itts

bu

rg

h!

Sh

e w

as b

or

n i

nto

an

upper

-m

idd

le-c

lass f

am

ily,

her

fath

er

was a

sto

ckb

ro

ker

Cassatt

was o

ne o

f s

even

ch

ild

ren

.

Her

fam

ily m

oved

eastw

ar

d,

fir

st

to L

an

caste

r,

Pen

nsylvan

ia,

then

to t

he P

hil

ad

elph

ia a

rea,

wh

er

esh

e b

eg

an

sch

oo

lin

g a

t ag

e 6

.

• • • •

Ear

ly Y

ear

s

Her E

du

cati

on

Cassatt

gr

ew

up i

n a

nen

vir

on

men

t th

at

vie

wed

tr

avel a

sin

teg

ral t

o e

du

cati

on

Sh

e s

pen

t 5

year

s i

n E

ur

ope a

nd

vis

ited

man

y o

f t

he c

apit

als,

inclu

din

g L

on

do

n,

Par

is,

an

dB

er

lin

.

Wh

ile a

br

oad

sh

e l

ear

ned

Ger

man

an

d F

ren

ch

an

d h

ad

her

fir

st

lesso

ns i

n d

raw

ing

an

dm

usic

Th

ou

gh

her

fam

ily o

bje

cte

d t

oh

er

beco

min

g a

pr

ofessio

nal

ar

tist,

Cassatt

beg

an

stu

dyin

gpain

tin

g a

t th

e P

en

nsylvan

iaA

cad

em

y o

f t

he F

ine A

rts

in

Ph

ilad

elph

ia a

t th

e e

ar

ly a

ge

o

f 1

5.

• • • •

Pain

tin

g s

tyle

Cassatt

had

a l

oo

se

pain

ter

ly

sty

le w

ith

so

ft

co

lo

rs

sh

e o

fte

nlik

ed

to

pain

tw

hat

was

ar

ou

nd

her

in h

er

well

off l

ife-

sty

le

sh

e p

ain

ted

a l

ot

of

mo

ther

an

dch

ild

pain

tin

gs

• • •

Sh

e w

as c

on

sid

er

ed

an

“im

pr

essio

nis

t” d

ue t

o t

he h

er

lo

ose s

tyle

Let’

s Tal

k A

rt!

Ho

w w

as t

his

wo

rk m

ad

e?

(wh

at

mate

ria

ls)

Is t

her

e a

nyth

ing

“specia

l”

ab

ou

t h

ow

th

e a

rti

st

used

th

e m

ate

ria

ls?

Can

yo

u t

ell W

HE

RE

th

e a

rti

st

is f

ro

m b

ylo

okin

g a

t th

e p

ain

tin

g?

or

a T

IME

PE

RIO

D?

• • •

Let’

s Tal

k A

rt!

Wh

at

makes t

his

ar

tist

specia

l?

Can

yo

u t

ell i

f t

he a

rti

st

is i

n a

cer

tain

ar

tsty

le (

ab

str

act?

, im

pr

essio

nis

m?,

cu

bis

m?)

Wh

at

is t

he s

ub

ject

matt

er

of t

his

pain

tin

g?

• • •

Let’

s Tal

k A

rt!

Wh

at

do

YO

U l

ike a

bo

ut

this

wo

rk?

Wh

at

sta

nd

s o

ut

to y

ou

? W

her

e d

oes y

ou

r e

ye

go

fir

st?

Wh

at

ar

e t

he s

hapes o

r c

olo

rs y

ou

see?

• • •

Let’

s Tal

k A

rt!

wh

y d

o y

ou

th

ink t

he a

rti

st

mad

e t

his

pic

tur

e?

Wo

uld

YO

U l

ike t

o o

wn

th

is p

iece o

f a

rtw

or

k?

Wh

at

is y

ou

r o

ver

all i

mpr

essio

n o

f t

his

pie

ce?

• • •

Let’

s M

ake A

rt!

Th

ink a

bo

ut

a “

kin

d”

mo

men

t at

ho

me (

read

ing

a b

oo

kw

ith

a p

ar

en

t, l

ayin

g o

n t

he g

ro

un

d w

ith

yo

ur

do

g,

or

a m

om

en

t w

ith

a g

ran

dpar

en

to

r g

uar

dia

n?)

Tr

y a

nd

Dr

aw

th

at

mo

men

t lik

e M

ar

y C

assatt

,w

hat

deta

ils a

re i

mpo

rta

nt?

Tr

y a

nd

Use t

he p

aste

ls p

ro

vid

ed

to

cr

eate

aso

ft

sty

le, lo

ose i

nte

rpr

eta

tio

n l

ike C

assatt

• • •