Galerie Paul Prouté

An American by birth, Mary Cassatt trained in painting and printmaking in Paris, where she was very close to Edgar Degas. Along with Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond, she formed the women’s contingent of the Impressionist group, though she differed from them in her nationality and her lack of a marriage to a member of the artistic movement. Mary Cassatt embraced printmaking with a curiosity and enthusiasm that led her to experiment with various techniques (drypoint, soft ground, and color aquatint) and gave her prints equal importance to her paintings. The artist is renowned for her portraits of women and children and for her domestic scenes featuring women, which are marked by a strong Japanese influence.