Mary Cassatt Educational Posters, Books, Video, Links for Learning

	• MARY CASSATT POSTERS History of Art
	Notable Women Artists - Mary Cassatt - Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, Poster • more Notable Women Artists posters
	The Bath - Mary Cassatt Art Print The Bath - Mary Cassatt
	In the Box - Mary Cassatt Art Print In the Box - Mary Cassatt • opera posters
	Young Lady Reading, Giclee Print Young Lady Reading, Mary Cassatt • more reading posters
	La Toilette, Art Print Mary Cassatt in Teachable Moments art education curriculum resources.
	Mary Cassatt at the Louvre, Pastel, Edgar Degas, Giclee Print Edgar Degas invited Cassatt to join the Impressionists, she was the only American to exhibit with the group. Pastels are dried sticks of pigments that have been mixed with gum and water and used as crayons. Both Cassatt and Degas are noted for their work in pastels. • The Pastel Kit: Materials, Techniques, and Projects
	Gathering Fruit, 1893, Giclee Print Mary Cassatt was commissioned to paint a mural depicting the modern woman for the Women's Exhibit Hall of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (White City). "Gathering Fruit", based on the now lost mural is suggestive of Eve's picking the apple from the Tree of Knowledge; here the woman is passing the fruit to the young child. • fruit posters • theology posters
	The River Seine, Paris, Art Print The River Seine, Paris • more Paris posters • river posters

“I am independent! I can live alone and I love to work.” Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

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• MARY CASSATT BOOKS, VIDEOS

Mary Cassatt by Trewin Copplestone - Mary Stevenson Cassatt was a highly unlikely figure to have become the first American painter to achieve a notable place in the development of the first modern avant-garde international movement in art.
The privileged daughter of a well-to-do Philadelphian broker, Cassatt was encouraged to paint as part of the social attributes of many young girls of her class. This was not equal to her need to become a serious painter as she enrolled in the Philadelphia Academy, beginning a career which resulted in her eventual participation in the development of Impressionism and a close friendship with Degas.
Her first great interest was in the work of the great masters of Italian and Spanish art; but on her arrival in Paris, she came to admire new young painters such as Courbet and Manet. Her studies were successful and she exhibited in the Salon of 1872, meeting Degas in 1874 and exhibiting with the Impressionists in 1879.
The subject that most captured her interest was the relationship between mother and child and much of her oeuvre is devoted to exploring the many aspects of this theme.
Her haughty independence isolated her from most of the Impressionist group but she was an important conduit through which French art was introduced to the American public.

Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman - Beginning in the autumn of 1878, Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper dreams its way into the intimate world of Cassatt's older sibling. Told in the reflective, lyrical voice of Lydia, who is dying of Bright's disease, the novel opens a window onto the extraordinary age in which these sisters lived, painting its sweeping narrative canvas with fascinating real-life figures that include Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas, Cassatt's brilliant, subversive mentor. (five full-color plates)

Mary Cassatt, Great Women Artists (2001) VHS - Children and naturalism are the hallmarks of Mary Cassatt’s work during the 1880s and 1890s. She absorbed from her Impressionist colleagues Caillebotte, Degas, and Renoir, as well as her study of Japanese prints, the modern idea that the background of a painting might be as significant as the foreground. Her paintings depict a world of her own creation, one that adults can fully understand only by recapturing their childhood persona. 45 Minutes.

Mary Cassatt - American Impressionist (1999) VHS

Color Your Own Mary Cassatt Masterpieces - Included are The Bath, Young Mother Sewing, Mother’s Kiss, Maternal Caress, The Letter, Baby Reaching for an Apple, Young Girl in Large Hat. Dover Publications.

Mary Cassatt Postcards

Artists in Residence: A Guide to the Homes and Studios of Eight 19th Century Painters In and Around Paris - Most visitors to the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay may not realize that often in less than an hour they can be standing in the very studios in which many of the masterpieces were created more than a century ago. With this guidebook, travelers can venture beyond museum walls and into more intimate settings – the homes and studios of eight celebrated artists, all open to the public and located either in or near Paris. Artists include van Gogh, Monet, Courbet, Delacroix, Moreau, Bonheur, Millet and Daubigny. Each chapter starts off with a one-page biographical sketch, followed by the story of the artist's years in the house and studio, including family life, relationships with other artists, and the masterpieces painted there, along with sumptuous color photos of the house and studios. The writer and a photographer, both of whose work appears frequently in Architectural Digest, vividly portray the powerful connections between the artists and places that inspired them.

Artist's Manual: A Complete Guide to Painting and Drawing Materials and Templates by Angela Gair - An easy to use guide with a clear, informative text explaining hundreds of painting and drawing techniques – and more. From color use and composition to subject choice and tips from professionals.

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LINKS FOR LEARNING : MARY CASSATT

• Mary Cassatt, National Gallery of Art

• Mary Cassatt, WebMuseum - Paris

• Mary Cassatt, Modern Woman - Boston Museum of Art

• Mary Cassatt, Artist Profile from National Museum of Women in the Arts

• Mary Cassatt Lesson Plan- Informal Portrait