History Of Mary Cassatt

The Education of Nineteenth Century Women Artists The formal education of women artists in the United States has taken quite a long journey. It wasn’t until the nineteenth century that the workings of a recognized education for these women finally appeared. Two of the most famous and elite schools of art that accepted, and still accept, women pupils are the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (the PAFA). Up until the early nineteenth century, women were mostly taught what is now called a “fashionable education” (Philadelphia School of Design for Women 5). Their mothers raised them to be proper, young ladies and expert housekeepers in expectation of marriage.

The colors used in the painting are very vivid yet rich in depth. A combination of high chroma and low chroma gives the picture its dep... ... middle of paper ... ...oul. Maybe Vigee-LeBrun had this idea when painting and wanted the eyes of the people she painted to show the souls and the life of the people instead focusing on features that were less valuable. “The Grafin von Schonfeld with her Daughter” is very interesting to look at. It shows history and context of the lives of the 1700’s.

Though her work was not at first accepted, she kept painting and worked hard to make a name for herself and to change the art world into something more diverse and accepting. Mary Cassatt On May 22, 1844, Mary Cassatt was born to Robert Simpson Cassatt and Katherine Kelso Johnston in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Because her parents were of a wealthy background, Mary and her family were able to travel often. A family trip to Europe when Mary was only seven years old sparked her lifelong interest in art. Mary received her basic education in Europe, and then in moving back to the states, was able to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at the young age of sixteen.

In an oft-cited note to fellow painter Berthe Morisot, Cassatt expressed her excitement: "Seriously, You must not miss that. You who want to make color prints you couldn 't dream of a thing more beautiful. I dream of it and don 't think of anything else but color on copper." Cassatt had known of the prints before 1890, but the exhibition provided a new stimulus and she bought from it many examples of work by the leading Ukiyo-e masters. Cassatt then started her experiments with printing and took her own printmaking in a highly innovative direction in admiration of the Japanese

Then I will be talking about the subject of the woman, her mother, in the painting. And finally, what caught my attention to Mary Cassatt’s, Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt, the Artist’s Mother painting, done in 1889, and my art analysis of her piece. Mary Cassatt was born in 1844 in what was then Pennsylvania, but now part of Pittsburg in a desirable middle class home. She always loved art and travel and was encouraged by her parents, which was uncommon, from the very beginning. After pursuing an education in art she also taught herself a lot because school was not as good for women as they were for men.

Generally, the subjective focus of the representation of gender and social identity of woman in the late 19th century was largely seen in the context of cultural re-conceptualization of the identity of woman. Question 2 Aesthetic ... ... middle of paper ... ...lass changed based on the way they decorated their homes and ability to afford new décor. There were varieties of options from handcrafts to factory productions. Foreign culture was also an influence on peoples’ perception to beauty. One of the examples of the use of vision in artistic practice is the 1891 painting titled “Shepherd’s Song” by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

Though she did receive much criticism for being a woman in the very traditionally sexist and male dominated profession, Mary Cassatt went from a child living in Pennsylvania to a young lady who made a name for herself with her talent. Mary Cassatt had a wonderful childhood filled with travel and a good education. Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born in Allegheny Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh on May 22, 1885 (Encyclopedia of World Biography 2). She was one of seven children, two of which did not make it past infancy (Creative Commons License 3). Her childhood was spent moving throughout Germany and France, (Creative Commons License 4) until her family moved back to Pennsylvania, then continued moving eastward to Lancaster and then to Philadelphia (Creative Commons License 3), where Cassatt started school at age six (Creative Commons License 3).

After her husband died she starting writing to support her family. Then from then on she was a writer. Kate Chopin strongly portrays the central themes of women’s lives, the experiences women go through, and women’s search to find themselves, based on her childhood and family background, the historical time period in which she lived in, her religious values, and her lifestyle choices. Kate Chopin grew up around independent women who influenced most of her themes about women’s lives. Kats father died when she was almost six, after his death her mother took her out of her catholic school she attended to live at home.

Kate Chopin, inspired through her strong-willed widowed mother and grandmother, wrote inspiring stories of female heroines that were rejected by a society unwilling to accept Chopin’s risqué subjects. She was born into an affluent family on February 8th, 1851 in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended convent schools where she was strongly encouraged to pursue her writing career. She spent much of her free time by herself, in her attic, reading vigorously. Her mother and grandmother strongly encouraged her to think for herself and pursue her interests.

The sisters would then start a school with Mary's beloved friend, Fanny Blood. When Fanny dies in Mary's arms from complications during child birth, Mary returns to the school to find that it suffered during her absence with Fanny. Mary then closes the school and writes Thoughts on the Education of Daughters. She then goes on to become a... ... middle of paper ... ...available to everyone. Mary Wollstonecraft achieved much in her life, but most importantly she inspired other women to be independent and to improve their lives.