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Mary Cassatt

American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
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Mary Cassatt was an American[1][2] painter, printmaker, photographer, and etcher[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] born on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][6]. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[6]. Her work spanned the genres of portrait painting, genre painting, landscape painting, and figure[24][8], and she was associated with the Impressionism movement[24][8].

She died on June 14, 1926, in Le Mesnil-Théribus[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][4][23][6][5], where she was also buried[16]. During her life, she received the Knight of the Legion of Honour and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame[25].

Key Facts

  • Place of death: Q83711719[11]
  • Place of burial: Le Mesnil-Théribus[12]
  • Father: Robert S. Cassatt[13]
  • Mother: Katherine Kelso Cassatt[14]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[15]
  • Educated at: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[16]
  • Notable work: The Child's Bath[17], Little Girl in a Blue Armchair[18], Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge[19], The Cup of Tea[20], The Boating Party[21]
  • Award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour[22], National Women's Hall of Fame[23]
  • Sex or gender: female[24]
  • Movement: Impressionism[25]
  • Genre: portrait painting[26], genre painting[27], landscape painting[28], figure[29]
  • Commons category: Mary Cassatt[30]
  • Catalog code: 93[31]
  • Exhibition history: Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman[32], Q139568183[33]
  • Family name: Cassatt[34]
  • Given name: Mary[35], Stevenson[36]
  • Pseudonym: Cassatt, Mary Stevenson[37]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mary Cassatt[38]
  • Commons gallery: Mary Cassatt[39]
  • Work location: Egypt[40], Barbizon[41], Giverny[42], Grasse[43], Le Mesnil-Théribus[44], Paris[45], Rome[46], Madrid[47], Philadelphia[48]
  • Medical condition: blindness[49]
  • Student of: Jean-Léon Gérôme[50], Charles Joshua Chaplin[51], Thomas Couture[52], Paul-Constant Soyer[53]

Why It Matters

Mary Cassatt has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] She is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

FAQs

Where was Mary Cassatt born?

Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny[2].

Where did Mary Cassatt die?

Mary Cassatt died in Le Mesnil-Théribus[4].

Who were Mary Cassatt's parents?

Mary Cassatt's father was Robert S. Cassatt[13]. Mary Cassatt's mother was Katherine Kelso Cassatt[14].

What did Mary Cassatt do for work?

Mary Cassatt worked as a painter[5], printmaker[6], graphic artist[7], photographer[8], and etcher[9].

Where did Mary Cassatt go to school?

Mary Cassatt was educated at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[16].

What awards did Mary Cassatt receive?

Honors received include Knight of the Legion of Honour[22] and National Women's Hall of Fame[23].

Related Entities

Barbizon Brooklyn Museum Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Carnegie Museum of Art Clark Art Institute Cleveland Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Edgar Degas Egypt Giverny Grasse Jean-Léon Gérôme Kunsthaus Zürich Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Musée d'Orsay Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Victoria National Portrait Gallery Tel Aviv Museum of Art Thomas Couture United States Van Gogh Museum Wallraf–Richartz Museum

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Has works in the collection → Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art +83
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  6. 17w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plaque image → Mary Cassatt plaque - 10, rue de Marignan, Paris 8.jpg
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