玛丽·卡萨特（1844～1926）是19世纪末至20世纪初期，极少数能在法国艺术界活跃的美国艺术家之一。她是一位不受世俗观念拘束、意志坚强、一心投入自己热爱的艺术事业的女性。卡萨特出身于美国费城上等人家，二十岁时宣称将来要做画家，从而与父亲发生冲突。在她的坚持下，父亲最终首肯，让她就读宾州美术学院。她由此走上绘画之路。

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was one of the few American artists who could be active in French art from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. She is a woman who is not bound by secular ideas, strong-willed and devotes herself wholeheartedly to her beloved art career. Cassat was born in a high class family in Philadelphia, USA. At the age of 20, he clashed with his father by declaring that he would be a painter in the future. At her insistence, her father finally agreed to let her go to Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Thus she embarked on the road of painting.