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Two Painters, One Picture

Paris, 1878 and 1882. Two painters whose studios were five minutes apart, and who kept turning up in each other's work.

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In 1877 the Paris Salon turned down both of Mary Cassatt's entries. Edgar Degas, who admired her work, invited her to show with the Impressionists instead.

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Cassatt's parents and sister joined her in Paris that year, and Degas became a regular at their dinner table. He, Mary and her sister Lydia were often seen studying the old masters at the Louvre together.

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