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Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman

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Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, curious and engaging, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in art. Presenting her astonishing prints, pastels and paintings, this film introduces us to the often-overlooked Impressionist whose own career was as full of contradiction as the women she painted. She printed, sketched, and painted dozens of images of mothers and children yet she never married or had children herself. She was a classically trained artist but chose to join a group of Parisian radicals -- the Impressionists -- a movement that transformed the language of art. The world's most eminent Cassatt curators and scholars help tell this riveting tale of great social and cultural change; a time when women were fighting for their rights and the language of art was completely re-written. Mary Cassatt and her modern women were at the heart of it all.

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Andrew Pulver Guardian It does... draw Cassatt out as a tough and independent character, pursuing her own artistic path and very much worthy of the respect she has been largely denied by history. Rated: 3/5 Mar 8, 2023 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film One of the strongest entries to date in this prestigious documentary series. Rated: 5/5 Mar 8, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Ali Ray

Director

Amanda Wilkie

Producer

Phil Grabsky

Executive Producer

Clive Mattock

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Asa Bennett

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Phil Grabsky

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Synopsis Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, curious and engaging, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in art. Presenting her astonishing prints, pastels and paintings, this film introduces us to the often-overlooked Impressionist whose own career was as full of contradiction as the women she painted. She printed, sketched, and painted dozens of images of mothers and children yet she never married or had children herself. She was a classically trained artist but chose to join a group of Parisian radicals -- the Impressionists -- a movement that transformed the language of art. The world's most eminent Cassatt curators and scholars help tell this riveting tale of great social and cultural change; a time when women were fighting for their rights and the language of art was completely re-written. Mary Cassatt and her modern women were at the heart of it all.
Director
Ali Ray
Producer
Amanda Wilkie, Phil Grabsky
Distributor
Exhibition on Screen
Production Co
Seventh Art Productions, Exhibition on Screen
Genre
Documentary, Biography, History
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 33m