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Mary Cassatt - Artist Study

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  This post contains affiliate links.  I receive a small commission if you purchase from my links.  Every purchase helps keep this blog going.  Mary Cassatt is one of my favorite impressionist painters.  During our  Unit Study of Pennsylvania which you can find here,  we had the great joy of taking a closer look at the life and works of Mary Cassatt. I absolutely love the way she captured mothers and children in real life situations.  She was never a mother herself, but she painted them in ways that still speak to the mothers of today.   We started out by watching:   Mary Cassatt: Getting to Know The World's Greatest Artists  which gives a really good overview of her life in a way that children will enjoy. Then we read:   Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter by Barbara Herkert .  Inside this book you will find that The Louvre Museum is where Mary would paint, copying the Masters. Help your children learn more about the classroom of Mary Cassatt by working throu