Mary Cassatt and Claude Monet

Claude Monet

The Garden in Flower

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Mary Cassatt

and

Claude Monet

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• Both artists were involved in the Impressionist movement.
• Even though Cassatt was American, during their adult life both artists painted and lived in France.
• Both of these artists subjects of paintings were people.

Claude Monet

Beach at Honlfeux

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Mary Cassatt

and

Claude Monet

Contrast-

• Monet was the founder of the French Impressionist painting, while Cassatt was just an impressionist painter.
• Monet painted all oil paintings, while Cassatt painted oil and pastel paintings.
• Monet did paint people but he painted lots of scenery, and Cassatt really only painted people like women and children.

Mary cassatt

The Boating Party

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Margot In Blue

Medium- Pastel On Paper

Little Girl in Blue Armchair

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Claude Monet

Irises In Monets Garden

Medium- oil on canvas

Wild Poppies, Near Argenteuil

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Mary Cassatt

Interesting Facts:

• Her parents were Robert Simpson Cassatt and Katherine Kelso Johnston
• She studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia
• Mary liked painting women especially mothers and children
• Many people in Parma liked her style and she was favored there

Claude Monet

• Lived from November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926
• Was born in Paris and lived most of his life there
• He was the founder of French Impressionist painting

Works Cited

http://www.marycassatt.org/biography.html

http://pleasedproductions.com/sites/Oil-Painting-Artists-Wild-Poppies,-Near-Argenteuil.html

http://www.claudemonetgallery.org/biography.html

Claude Monet

Interesting Facts:

• Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet were his parents
• April 1851, entered the Le Havre secondary school of the arts
• Was married to Camille Doncieux on June 28, 1870
• In 1856/1857 in Normandy he met Eugène Boudin who taught him how to oil paint

Self Portrait In His Atelier

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Mary Cassatt

• Lived from May 22,1844 to June 14,1926
• Was born in Pennsylvania and lived most of her adult life in France
• Mary was apart of the Impressionist movement

Self Portrait, II

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Mary Cassatt and Claude Monet

By:Hannah Deno

Claude Monet

Canal in Amsterdam

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Etretat, the Porte d'Aval

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Claude Monet

Vase of Flowers

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Camille with a Small Dog

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Girls in a Boat

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Mary Cassatt

The Sisters

Medium- Oil on Canvas

Reine Leaning over Margot's Shoulder

Medium- Pastel on Paper

Mary Cassatt

In the Garden

Medium- Pastel on Paper

Feeding the Ducks

Medium- Color Etching

Woman Reading in a Garden

Medium- Oil on canvas

Mother and Child

Medium- Pastel on Paper