Berthe Morisot vs Mary Cassatt

French artist (1841–1895)

Works here

4

Dated

1870–1892

Main era

Impressionism

Where to see

Art Institute of Chicago

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

American painter and printmaker (1844–1926)

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3

Dated

1873–1893

Main era

Impressionism

Where to see

Art Institute of Chicago

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, but lived most of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.