Mary Cassatt : an American impressionist /
Gruitrooy, Gerhard, 1956-
Mary Cassatt : an American impressionist / Dr. Gerhard Gruitrooy. - Broomall, Pennsylvania : Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights Incorporated, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (82 pages) : color illustrations. - American artists .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The early years -- Paris and impressionism -- Portraits and prints -- A woman's world.
American-born painter Mary Cassatt grew up in Pennsylvannia but spent the better part of her life and career in France, yet that did not prevent her from gaining a preeminent position among artists in the United States. At the height of her career, she focused almost exlusively on depictions of mothers and children, a subject that became her signature theme. By the outbreak of World War I, Cassatt had to give up painting entirely due to failing eyesight, but she preserved her original enthusiasm and dvotion to art until the end of her life.
9781422276501
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 --Juvenile literature.
Artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Electronic Books.
N6537 / .M379 2019
Mary Cassatt : an American impressionist / Dr. Gerhard Gruitrooy. - Broomall, Pennsylvania : Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights Incorporated, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (82 pages) : color illustrations. - American artists .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The early years -- Paris and impressionism -- Portraits and prints -- A woman's world.
American-born painter Mary Cassatt grew up in Pennsylvannia but spent the better part of her life and career in France, yet that did not prevent her from gaining a preeminent position among artists in the United States. At the height of her career, she focused almost exlusively on depictions of mothers and children, a subject that became her signature theme. By the outbreak of World War I, Cassatt had to give up painting entirely due to failing eyesight, but she preserved her original enthusiasm and dvotion to art until the end of her life.
9781422276501
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 --Juvenile literature.
Artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Electronic Books.
N6537 / .M379 2019