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    Sneak Peek at Mary Cassatt Art Curriculum

    “I would almost rather see you dead.”

    Such was the reaction of Mary Cassatt’s father when she nervously told him she wanted to become a professional artist. Was she successful? Meet the Masters students will discover the answer.

    Step 1: Introducing the Master

    In the multi-media assembly, Meet the Masters students learn that Mary Cassatt was born to a wealthy family in Pennsylvania. Despite her father’s reaction to her chosen vocation, she moved to Europe to further her art studies and career. A trailblazer, when Mary discovered the top art school in Paris would not accept female students, she hired their best teachers to give classes for women only. In just two years, Mary had her first painting accepted in the prestigious art show, the Paris Salon.

    Using PowerPoint slides, the students are introduced to Cassatt’s first work to be accepted for exhibition at the famous art show. It was very dark, in the style of the old masters at

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    This is an essay on a tiny fraction of the evocative work of Mary Cassatt: the only American to be included as part of the Impressionist movement in Paris.

    To be American AND to be female AND to be included in the male-club, the avant garde brotherhood and "outsiders" known as The Impressionists, was a distinction she alone held.

    In contrast to her soft, gentle, tender portraits of women and children, Cassatt was an intense, focused artist who waged a lifelong mission to be accepted as an artist (and not a "female" artist). She was a suffragette, and today we'd call her a feminist.

    "Mary Cassatt has character, but she also has force."


    ​Paul Gauguin, American Artist, May 1999, Stephen May.


    A Bit of Background on Mary Cassatt

    Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was born in what is now Pittsburgh, PA. Her early years were spent traveling in europe with her family.

    At age 13 in Paris, Cassatt saw a window display featuring several pieces by Degas. It "transformed her vision. 'I used to

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    Have Impressionists Suffered From Blurred Vision?

    History is littered with imponderable “What Ifs”.

    One could waste lifetimes – and probably go crazy in the process – considering all the hypothetical different outcomes that are thrown up by dabbling with “what ifs”. We only have to consider the “butterfly effect” to realise the possibility of how the tiniest change can result in huge consequences. Could the flap of a butterfly’s wing really produce a tornado on the other side of the world?

    From weather conditions to the world of art; and here we can speculate as to whether the popular 19th century impressionist movement – and indeed all the artists who were subsequently influenced by it – might not have occurred without some visual problems.

    The American artist Mary Cassatt, who lived much of her adult life in France amid the impressionist movement, was forced to stop working years before her death (in 1926) because of cataracts. Undoubtedly many more masterpieces remained unpai