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Mary Cassatt

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Artist

The Resume

    (May 22, 1844-June 14, 1926)
    Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
    Painter and printmaker
    Painted 'At the Opera' (1878), 'Lydia at the Theatre' (1880), 'Lady at the Tea Table' (1884), 'The Child's Bath' (1893), 'The Boating Party' (1894) and 'Maternal Kiss' (1896)

Why she might be annoying:

    She dropped out of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts claiming 'There was no teaching' there.
    A friend said, 'She is entirely too slashing, snubs all modern art, disdains all the names we are used to revere.'
    Although famous in France, she received little recognition in America during her lifetime, and even within her family, she was overshadowed by her brother Alexander, the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She overcame parental objections to both becoming a professional artist and to moving to France.
    She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists.
    She had to stop painting after developing cataracts.
    She was awarded the French Legion of Honor (1904).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying