Her works, particularly pastels, concentrated on women – mothers and children and women’s private lives.
Les trois grandes dames (the three great ladies) was the collective name given by Gustave Geffroy to the three great female Impressionist painters.
Black and white photo of Mary Cassatt, Impressionist painter in 1913. Sitting in chair in garden, dressed in black with umbrella beside chairMary Cassatt in 1913
Mary Stevenson Cassatt
Mary Cassatt: Lydia at the Tapestry Loom with lady in brighly colouored, red and orange dress sitting sideways at a large loom concentratin on her weavingMary Cassatt. Lydia at the Tapestry Loom. Public domain
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 184-June 14, 1926). Born in Pennysylvania, Mary Cassat lived mostly in France. Her works, particularly pastels, concentrated on women – mothers and children and women’s private lives.