Mary Cassatt - Legacy

Legacy

• Mary Cassatt inspired many Canadian women artists who were members of the Beaver Hall Group.
• The SS Mary Cassatt was a World War II Liberty ship, launched May 16, 1943.
• A quartet of young Juilliard string musicians formed the all-female Cassatt Quartet in 1985, named in honor of the painter. In 2009, the award-winning group recorded String Quartets Nos. 1-3 (Cassatt String Quartet) by composer Dan Welcher; the 3rd quartet on the album was written inspired by the work of Mary Cassatt as well.
• In 1966, Cassatt's painting The Boating Party was reproduced on a US postage stamp. Later she was honored by the United States Postal Service with a 23¢ Great Americans series postage stamp.
• On May 22, 2009, she was honored by a Google logo in recognition of her birthday.
• Cassatt's paintings have sold for as much as $2.9 million.