 Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter Free Discussion Guide available on my Events pageAt Mary's dinner parties, she served her homemade caramel candies. Try making this easy recipe for a similar tasty treat:
Caramel Fruit Dip You will need: ½ bag of caramel candy 2 tablespoons of water 3 apples, washed, peeled, cored and sliced Microwave caramels and water in microwavable bowl for 1-1/2 to 2 minutes until candy melts, or melt candy and water in a pot on the stove. Using a toothpick, dunk apple slices into caramel sauce and enjoy. Besides apple, try dipping sliced pears, strawberries or banana chunks. |
Mary Cassatt: Impressionist PainterReviews
American Library Association's "Booklist": "With large, crisply reproduced, color artwork on nearly every page, this picture-book biography of American Impressionist Mary Cassatt will appeal to a broad age-range of readers. The streamlined text, which introduces basic facts about Cassatt's life and challenging concepts about her artwork, uses a clear simplicity that will make this a read-aloud option for young, preliterate children---although adults will need to supply definitions for a few references, such as Old Masters. In just a few sentences, Harris explains why Cassatt's work was so original and how her celebrated career carved a new place in the art world. Harris also includes personal details that will draw children back into the art talk: Cassatt loved horses, for example, and her friends were fond of her homemade caramel candy. Archival photos, including a moving image of Cassatt at the end of her long life, complete this welcome introduction to a painter who, despite her historical prominence, is the subject of surprisingly few books for youth." Gillian Engberg, 11/01/07, p. 60. The Bloomsbury Review: "Mary Cassatt is illustrated with good reproductions of paintings by Cassatt and other artists of the mid- and late 19th century. Her biography is told as something of an adventure for new readers, with the moral of following your dreams...explores history and social context in an engaging manner that will connect readers---and their parents---to earlier times." H. Berry, November/December 2007, p. 20 ForeWord Magazine: "...Lois V. Harris's Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter vividly renders the challenges faced by a nineteenth-century woman who 'dreamed of becoming a famous painter and earning her own money.' A feminist and barrier-breaker, Cassatt 'stood for freedom in the arts more than any other artist of her time.' This book, replete with Cassatt's exquisite work, will inspire budding artists." Elizabeth Breau, March/April 2008. Library Media Connection: "...illustrations are well done reproductions and give the book a lot of flavor and pizzazz. Readers will definitely be able to grasp the concept of Impressionism and get an understanding of the style. It is attractive, clear, and useful to young students...solid choice for collections that need some new biographical material, especially on women." Melinda Miller-Widrick, January 2008. Children's Literature: "Words, effectively sparse in this biography of Mary Cassatt, match photographs and reproductions of paintings by her and her contemporaries to carry the reader through major events in her life...Without preaching, Harris notes the impossibility of women in that era combining family and career and, although Cassatt often painted children, she was childless. Through both words and art, this biography beautifully pictures the life of a talented and courageous woman who achieved what few women in the early years of the twentieth century dared even to dream. Highly recommended." Mary Bowman-Kruhm, Ph.D., http://dev.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/th_womenhist.html The Garden Island Newspaper: "Lois Harris is a very good storyteller. She has written a biography of painter Mary Cassatt that is thoroughly accomplished...At the end of the book we feel like we have met someone truly worth knowing." Mark Jeffers, 3/7/08. Anacortes American: "...beautifully illustrated children's book Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter." Elaine Walker, 11/14/07. "Pelican has visions of sugar plums with...Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter by Lois Harris, a biography;" Publishers Weekly, "Fall 2007 Sneak Previews", 2/19/2007. The following exhibitions include Mary Cassatt's artwork:
"The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989" Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO Beginning September 2009 "Mary Cassatt: Works on Paper" Boca Raton Museum of Art Boca Raton, FL January 20, 2010 to April 11, 2010 "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915" Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA February 28, 2010 to May 23, 2010 (If you know of another upcoming exhibit presenting Mary Cassatt's artwork, please email me.) Paintings and pastels by Mary Cassatt can be seen at the following museums and institutions: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Corcoran, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Huntington, Joslyn Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Portland Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and many others. Check their websites. Most provide an online view of Mary's artwork.
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