Other editions of book Mary Cassatt: Paintings

Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.Here is the story of a determined young American woman who so fulfilled her childhood dreams that her colorful paintings and prints rank with the work of Degas, Monet, and Renoir.

"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 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"--

Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.Here is the story of a determined young American woman who so fulfilled her childhood dreams that her colorful paintings and prints rank with the work of Degas, Monet, and Renoir.