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Explores the color prints of Mary Cassatt produced during 1890s and examines them in terms of the varied techniques the artist employed as well as her themes and working methods.

In an era when few American women thought seriously about pursuing careers outside of marriage and motherhood, Mary Cassatt's ambition and professional independence were noteworthy and unique. Cassatt: A Retrospective traces the life of this great American artist through the correspondence and accomplishments she maintained over a lifetime. Over 100 articles and documents - letters to and from friends and family members as well as reviews and commentaries...

Briefly traces the life of the American impressionist painter and provides reproductions of thirty of her paintings.

Assesses each stage of the American artist's development and her relations with Impressionism and individual Impressionist painters.

This volume, illustrated with 32 full color plates, displays the power and mastery of America's foremost woman painter. The text and accompanying chronology traces Mary Cassatt's career from her academic art studies in Philadelphia, through her discovery of the works of Manet, Degas, and other impressionists, to her highly successful one-woman shows at Gallerie Durand-Ruel, the impressionist's loyal art dealer. The artist's personality is also illuminated...

Mary Cassatt is one of only a handful of women artists up to the beginning of the twentieth century who have managed to forge a reputation in the male dominated story of art history. She was an American by birth but lived in France for sixty years and helped to develop the first great movement in Modern art - Impressionism. In works such as The Boating Party, Cassatt articulates her bold, vivid vision.