What do you do when someone doubts your ability? We’ve all been there. Even the legendary Mary Cassatt faced that kind of skepticism.
Around 1886, Edgar Degas—one of the giants of the art world—basically told her, “Women don’t know anything about style.” So, what did Cassatt do? She picked up her brush and proved him wrong.
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🖼 Mary Cassatt, “Girl Arranging Her Hair,” 1886, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in., Chester Dale Collection
🖼 Paintings by Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas
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