Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born on May 22, 1844 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, US, into a well-to-do family. Her father, Robert Cassatt, was a successful stockbroker and financier. Her mother, Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family, which had provided her with a good education. The Cassatt family was of French Huguenot origin; they escaped persecutions and came to New York in 1662.
1873. Oil on canvas. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1873. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
1873. Oil on canvas. The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., USA.
1874. Oil on canvas. Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France.
c.1875. Oil on canvas. Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New York, USA.
c.1876. Oil on panel. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
1876. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
1877. Oil on canvas. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Read Note.
1878. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
c.1878. Gouache on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
c.1878. Gouache on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
1878. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1879. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
1879-1880. Pastel on paper. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
1979. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
c.1881. Oil on canvas. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, USA.
1880. Oil on canvas. Musée du Petite Palais, Paris, France.
c.1880. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
c.1880. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
Art of the United States of America. 1675-1975. by A. Chegodayev. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1976.
Cassatt and Her Circle: Selected Letters. by Nancy M. Matthews. Abbeville Press, Inc. 1984
Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives by Debra N. Mancoff, Mary Cassatt. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1998.
Mary Cassatt: A Life by Nancy Mowll Mathews. Yale Univ Pr, 1998.
Art In A Mirror: The Counterproofs Of Mary Cassatt by Warren Adelson (Foreword), Jay E. Cantor, Pamela A. Ivinski, Mary Cassatt, Marc Rosen, Susan Pinsky. Adelson Galleries, 2004.
Mary Cassatt: Painter of Modern Women (World of Art) by Griselda Pollock, Mary Cassatt. Thames & Hudson, 1998.
Mary Cassatt by Judith Barter. Harry N Abrams, 1998.