An ex-patriot, she settled in France, and for a short time, Italy. She painted in the Impressionistic style and was counted among some of the early artists of that genre, including Degas, Manet and Courbet. Current scholarship on women artists in late nineteenth-century France has focused on feminist critique of her depiction of women and the dominant social and ideological forces that helped to shape her work. This 13 page paper examines her life and her art and confronts the critiques of feminist historians such as Griselda Pollock. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Techniques discussed include use of line, value, color, texture, perspective and composition.
Bibliography lists 4 sources. Mary Cassatt at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The first is an oil Child picking Fruit, the second is the Study for the Banjo Lesson. Both works were done in 1893. In this discussion we will see if the paintings are indeed different, or is the attitude of the viewer that has changed.