Mary Cassatt

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This paper begins by presenting the life history of Mary Cassatt, born in Pennsylvania and educated in Europe and the United States. It explores the beginnings of her painting career and the techniques which she employed in her work. The paper then focuses on Cassat's "Little Girl In A Blue Arm Chair" and provides a description of the painting.

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"Mary Cassatt influenced Impressionism. She also had an important role in sponsoring and in financial promotion of Impressionist art. She sometimes bought paintings of her friends when they were short of cash and with her connections to rich American families, she encouraged them to buy Impressionist art. Some of the collection is at the New York Metropolitan Museum."

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