What is Mary Cassatt?
{{Infobox Artist | name = Mary Cassatt | image = Mary Cassatt-Selfportrait.jpg | image_size = 225px | caption = ''Self-portrait'' by Mary Cassatt, c. 1878, [[gouache]] on paper, 23 5/8 &times; 16 3/16 in., [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]] | birth_name = Mary Stevenson Cassatt | birth_date = {{birth date|1844|5|22}} | birth_place = [[Allegheny, Pennsylvania|Allegheny City]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1926|6|14|1844|5|22}} | death_place = Château de Beaufresne, near [[Paris]], [[France]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] | field = [[Painting]] | training = [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]], [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], [[Charles Joshua Chaplin|Charles Chaplin]], [[Thomas Couture]] | movement = [[Impressionism]] | works = }} '''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an [[Americans|American]] [[artist]]. She lived in [[France]] for many years. She often painted mothers and children. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, [[Pennsylvania]], which is now part of [[Pittsburgh]], to rich parents. She was one out of seven kids. As a child, she traveled a lot in [[Europe]], including visits to [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]]. Back in the [[United States]], she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. She moved to Paris, France in 1866, returning to the US in 1870 during the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. [[Degas]] influenced Cassatt. She used [[pastel]]s, making many important works with them. He also taught her etching. She had less time in the 1890's. She became less blunt in her opinions. Other American artists sought her advice. Among them was Lucy A. Bacon., From 1891 to 1893, she painted a large mural for the 1893 Chicago [[World's Fair]] (Columbian Exposition). The mural had three parts - the central theme was ''Young Women Plucking the Fruits of Knowledge or Science.'' The left panel was ''Youn