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      Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman

      Released Mar 8, 2023 1h 33m Documentary Biography History List
      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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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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      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
      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