{"id":4015,"date":"2021-03-21T03:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2021-03-21T03:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:09:48","slug":"mary-cassatt-a-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/mary-cassatt-a-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Cassatt, A Pioneer."},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary Cassatt<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/i> is considered the painter of <\/span>mothers <\/b>and <\/span>children<\/b>. She was an <\/span>American <\/span><\/i>artist, who lived between 1844 and 1926. Mary’s mother was an educated woman, she believed that traveling allowed people to have another vision of life. That is why <\/span>Cassatt <\/span><\/i>traveled for 5 years with her family and lived in some capitals of <\/span>Europe<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cassatt <\/span><\/i>showed an interest in art and decided to start studying in her hometown of <\/span>Pittsburgh<\/b>. Although her father did not want an artistic career for his daughter. She did her studies at the <\/span>Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts<\/span><\/i> at the age of 15. Twenty percent of the institute’s students were <\/span>women<\/b>, but most were there to learn art as a social skill, not to pursue it as a career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary <\/span><\/i>soon realized that this institute was not enough to learn what she wanted. The female students could not use <\/span>models<\/b>, unlike their male peers. Besides, teachers patronize women, this upsets the artist. The learning was slow and tedious. At 22, <\/span>Cassatt <\/span><\/i>decides to move to <\/span>Europe<\/span><\/i>, her mother supports and accompanies her. In 1866, when they arrived in <\/span>Paris<\/span><\/i>, women could not study at the <\/span>\u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts<\/span><\/i>, so <\/span>Cassatt <\/span><\/i>requested private lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to private lessons, <\/span>Cassatt <\/span><\/i>used to go to the <\/span>Louvre <\/span><\/i>to copy paintings, thus learning on her own. It was a practice that many artists and copyists used to do. The <\/span>Louvre <\/span><\/i>also served to socialize and meet other artists in training.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In The Box. Mary Cassatt. 1879.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unexpected Return to North America<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1870 the <\/span>Franco-Prussian War<\/span><\/i> broke out and <\/span>Cassatt<\/span><\/i> had to return to the <\/span>United States<\/b>. This was a setback for the artist. When she returns, she continues to paint but realizes that there were not many paintings to learn, making it difficult to continue her learning. Also, there were no buyers for her art. Felt her life and her career stagnate. <\/span>America <\/span><\/i>was not the ideal place to develop. She thought that if she did not return to <\/span>Europe <\/b>her career would end.<\/span><\/p>\n

The war ended in 1871 and <\/span>Mary <\/span><\/i>can return to <\/span>Europe<\/b>. She decides to go to <\/span>Spain<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Italy <\/span><\/i>before returning to <\/span>Paris<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Impressionists<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Upon returning to <\/span>Paris<\/b>, <\/span>Mary <\/span><\/i>opens a studio. She has a wider audience and is more recognized. However, as the years went by, she became frustrated that the <\/span>artists <\/span><\/i>were not experimenting more. They always stuck to<\/span> historical themes<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>classical style<\/span><\/i>. Waiting for a <\/span>jury <\/b>to present artwork. A need for evolution, for change, begins to emerge in her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, in 1877 the artist <\/span>Edgar Degas<\/span><\/i> invited her to the group <\/span>The Impressionists<\/b>. Later they would be close friends. They felt very comfortable together, as they both similarly saw the world. <\/span>Degas <\/span><\/i>suggested to <\/span>Cassatt <\/span><\/i>that she always carry a notebook to take notes and drawings of what she was seeing, and also that she concentrate on the <\/span>portraits<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Impressionists<\/span><\/i> were a group of young painters who liked to experiment with <\/span>color <\/b>and <\/span>light<\/b>. They painted day-to-day subjects, about nature, leaving aside the <\/span>classic style<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>Cassatt<\/span><\/i> accepts <\/span>Degas’s<\/span><\/i> proposal to join the group. This would be the most productive period for <\/span>Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/i>, also the most recognized one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair. Mary Cassatt. 1878<\/p>\n

Her Artwork<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Most of <\/span>Mary Cassatt’s<\/span><\/i> artwork turns around <\/span>children <\/b>and <\/span>mothers<\/b>. Despite not having married or having children, these were the themes that she developed the most. <\/span>Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/i> had many nephews and her relationship with her mother was always harmonious.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cassatt’s <\/span><\/i>artworks are full of <\/span>light <\/b>and <\/span>joy<\/b>. Her period in <\/span>the Impressionists <\/b>was the most productive. Over time, she began to move away from the group and began to <\/span>experiment on her own<\/span><\/i>. She was inspired by <\/span>Japanese art<\/span><\/i>, the use of <\/span>black <\/b>begins to be noticed in her artwork. <\/span>Black <\/b>was a disapproved in <\/span>Impressionism<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Young Mother Sewing. Mary Cassatt. 1900.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Pioneer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mary Cassatt <\/span><\/i>was a true pioneer in <\/span>art<\/b>. She dared to take her passion for art a step further, to seek new horizons, to experiment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1868, the <\/span>Paris Salon<\/b> jury accepted for the first time artwork by Mary Cassatt, <\/span>A Mandoline Player.<\/span><\/i> That year, <\/span>Cassatt <\/span><\/i>along with another American, <\/span>Elizabeth Jane Gardner<\/span><\/i>, is the first <\/span>American <\/b>woman to be accepted at the <\/span>Paris Salon<\/b>. She exhibited again for the <\/span>Paris Salon<\/b> in 1872, with the work <\/span>Two Women Throwing Flowers During Carniva<\/span><\/i>l.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/i> was one of the first artists to bring largely original art to <\/span>America<\/b>. From time to time she would travel to her country, in doing so she brings artworks by other artists, to be exhibited by <\/span>museums<\/b>. In this way, <\/span>American <\/b>art students would not have to travel to <\/span>Europe <\/span><\/i>to study them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/i> supported the fight for<\/span> women’s rights<\/b>, encouraged and inspired young women to study art. Some people considered her an <\/span>\u00a8American treasure\u00a8.<\/span><\/i> In 1904, <\/span>France <\/b>awarded her the <\/span>Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d’honneur<\/span><\/i>, for her contribution to <\/span>art<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Mandoline Player. Mary Cassatt. 1872.<\/p>\n

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Sources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EzElAusnaAs&t=177s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Cassatt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/elpais.com\/cultura\/2018\/03\/27\/actualidad\/1522151403_837829.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wikiart.org\/es\/mary-cassatt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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