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Mary Cassatt

Chronology of the Life of Mary Cassatt

1844: 22 May. Mary Stevenson Cassatt born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1851: June. Cassatt family travels to Europe.
1855: Cassatt family returns to the United States, to West Chester, Pennsylvania.
1860: April. Cassatt enrolls in the Antique Class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
1865: December. Cassatt moves to Paris.
1866: November. Jean-Léon Gérôme accepts Cassatt as a student.
1868: May. Cassatt's Mandolin Player is accepted by the Salon.
1870: Early 1870. Cassatt and her mother reside in Rome, where Cassatt prepares her Salon submission in the studio of French artist Charles Bellay.

July. Cassatt and her mother leave Europe for the United States, probably because of the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
1871: December. Cassatt returns to Europe, where she works in Italy, France, and Spain.
1873: May. Salon des refusés (Salon of Rejected Works) opens to protest the conservative academic Salon. Cassatt shows Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter at the Salon.
1874: April. The first impressionist exhibition in Paris. Cassatt is in Rome and misses the show. Two months later she settles in Paris permanently.
1877: May. Degas invites Cassatt to show with the impressionists.
Cassatt advises Louisine Elder (later Mrs. Havemeyer) on the purchase of Degas' Rehearsal of the Ballet.
1878: Jury of the Exposition universelle refuses Portrait of a Little Girl.
1879: April. Cassatt exhibits with impressionists for the first time. Receives mixed reactions from critics.
1880: Cassatt advises her brother, Alexander, on aqusition of works by Degas. He soon expands his collecting to include Pissarro and Monet.
Miss Mary Ellison
1882: Cassatt and Degas do not participate in the seventh impressionist show to protest the efforts of Caillebotte and others to exclude new artists from the group.

The Loge
1884: Children Playing on a Beach
1886: April. First impressionist exhibition in New York; Alexander Cassatt lends two of her works.

May. Eighth impressionist exhibition in Paris. Cassatt, with Degas and Morisot, helps to arrange and finance the show.

Girl Arranging Her Hair

Child in a Straw Hat
1890: April. Exhibition of more than 700 Japanese prints, scrolls, and other objects is held at the École des beaux-arts.

Cassatt begins work on a series of 10 color drypoints and aquatints, including The Bath, The Letter, and The Fitting.
1891: Woman with a Red Zinnia
1892: Cassatt agrees to paint a mural for the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition to take place in Chicago in 1893. Her mural, Modern Woman, will complement Mary MacMonnies' Primitive Woman.
1893/1894: The Boating Party
1894: Cassatt acquires Beaufresne, a château 50 miles northwest of Paris, where she will spend much of the rest of her life.
1895: Cassatt's first solo exhibition in the United States at Durand-Ruel's gallery in New York is a critical and commercial success.
1898: Cassatt spends the first half of the year in the United States -- her first visit in more than twenty years.
1905: Mother and Child
1915: April. An exhibition held in New York in support of women's suffrage includes substantial installations of works by Cassatt and Degas.
1926: 14 June. Dies at Beaufresne, in France.

	Chronology of the Life of Mary Cassatt 1844 22 May. Mary Stevenson Cassatt born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1851 June. Cassatt family travels to Europe. 1855 Cassatt family returns to the United States, to West Chester, Pennsylvania. 1860 April. Cassatt enrolls in the Antique Class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1865 December. Cassatt moves to Paris. 1866 November. Jean-Léon Gérôme accepts Cassatt as a student. 1868 May. Cassatt's Mandolin Player is accepted by the Salon. 1870 Early 1870. Cassatt and her mother reside in Rome, where Cassatt prepares her Salon submission in the studio of French artist Charles Bellay. July. Cassatt and her mother leave Europe for the United States, probably because of the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. 1871 December. Cassatt returns to Europe, where she works in Italy, France, and Spain. 1873 May. Salon des refusés (Salon of Rejected Works) opens to protest the conservative academic Salon. Cassatt shows Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter at the Salon. 1874 April. The first impressionist exhibition in Paris. Cassatt is in Rome and misses the show. Two months later she settles in Paris permanently. 1877 May. Degas invites Cassatt to show with the impressionists. Cassatt advises Louisine Elder (later Mrs. Havemeyer) on the purchase of Degas' Rehearsal of the Ballet. 1878 Jury of the Exposition universelle refuses Portrait of a Little Girl. 1879 April. Cassatt exhibits with impressionists for the first time. Receives mixed reactions from critics. 1880 Cassatt advises her brother, Alexander, on aqusition of works by Degas. He soon expands his collecting to include Pissarro and Monet. Miss Mary Ellison 1882 Cassatt and Degas do not participate in the seventh impressionist show to protest the efforts of Caillebotte and others to exclude new artists from the group. The Loge 1884 Children Playing on a Beach 1886 April. First impressionist exhibition in New York; Alexander Cassatt lends two of her works. May. Eighth impressionist exhibition in Paris. Cassatt, with Degas and Morisot, helps to arrange and finance the show. Girl Arranging Her Hair Child in a Straw Hat 1890 April. Exhibition of more than 700 Japanese prints, scrolls, and other objects is held at the École des beaux-arts. Cassatt begins work on a series of 10 color drypoints and aquatints, including The Bath, The Letter, and The Fitting. 1891 Woman with a Red Zinnia 1892 Cassatt agrees to paint a mural for the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition to take place in Chicago in 1893. Her mural, Modern Woman, will complement Mary MacMonnies' Primitive Woman. 1893/1894 The Boating Party 1894 Cassatt acquires Beaufresne, a château 50 miles northwest of Paris, where she will spend much of the rest of her life. 1895 Cassatt's first solo exhibition in the United States at Durand-Ruel's gallery in New York is a critical and commercial success. 1898 Cassatt spends the first half of the year in the United States -- her first visit in more than twenty years. 1905 Mother and Child 1915 April. An exhibition held in New York in support of women's suffrage includes substantial installations of works by Cassatt and Degas. 1926 14 June. Dies at Beaufresne, in France.
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