Cassatt is perhaps best-known for her paintings of mothers and children, works which also reflect a surprisingly modern sensibility.

She was the first American artist to associate and exhibit with the French impressionists in Paris. Woman Bathing Date: 1890–91.
The Child’s Bath, 1893 Mary Cassatt; Woman Bathing, 1890–91 Mary Cassatt; On a Balcony, 1878/79 Mary Cassatt; Sleepy Nicolle, c. 1900 Mary Cassatt; After the Bullfight, 1873 Cassatt first traveled to Europe with her family when she was eleven, and by the age of sixteen had decided to be a professional artist. Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born to a comfortably upper-middle-class family: her father was a successful stockbroker, and her mother belonged to a prosperous banking family. Mary Cassatt is best known for her paintings of mothers and children in relaxed, informal poses. Susan Seated Outdoors, Wearing a Purple Hat, oil on canvas by Mary Cassatt, 1881. Artist: Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) printed with Leroy (French, active 1876-1900) 88 x 70 cm. Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, (Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania in 1844, the daughter of Robert Simpson Cassatt and Katherine Kelso Johnston. Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. They returned to America in 1855. Traditional assumptions concerning childhood, child-rearing, and the place of children in society were facing challenges during the last part of the 19th century and women too were reconsidering and redefining their place in modern culture. Art Media/Heritage-Images/age fotostock; Initially, Cassatt painted mostly figures of friends or relatives and their children in the Impressionist style. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Cassatt’s father was a stockbroker and real estate investor. ‘Matertiny’ was created in 1897 by Mary Cassatt in Impressionism style. The Cassatts lived in France and Germany from 1851 to 1855, giving the young Mary … When Cassatt was seven, her family moved to Europe—first living in France and then in Germany.