2. Life FActs
Mary Cassatt lived from May
22, 1844 - June 14, 1926
She grew up in Allegheny City,
Pennsylvania
When she was an adult she
lived most of her life in France
and then she started
Impressionist paintings
3. Early Life
Even though her parents didn’t want her to
become a professional artist, she started
studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
But later on she decided to study on her own, so
she moved to Paris the next December where
she studied with Jean-Leon Gerome (a good art
teacher)
4. Early Life Continued
Mary returned to the United States in 1870
Her paintings had many admirers, but not too many buyers. She
was considering giving up art, but she decided to go to Europe
again to see if she could get more business there.
