Mary Cassatt: Family Pictures (Smart About Art)

O'Connor, Jane

ISBN 10: 044843153X ISBN 13: 9780448431536

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, 2003

Synopsis

Discusses the life and the work of the Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, as told from a child's point of view.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane O'Connor lives in New York City.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-4-Cassatt's life and career are presented within the framework of a child's school assignment. Claire discovers the artist first through a postcard, then the Internet, and finally through a family trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The vivid illustrations are a combination of reproductions of Cassatt's work, Claire's cartoon drawings, and a few family photos. Biographical details about Cassatt's family life and relationship with Edgar Degas are simplified to the extreme; however, the author acknowledges that the artist was an intensely private woman and that little is known about her personal life. This slim, exuberant introduction to Cassatt's life and art is more appropriate for general-interest reading than for reports.
Toniann Scime, Amherst Museum, NY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 044843153X
• ISBN 13: 9780448431536
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kalis Jennifer