Mary G. Morton
Mary Morton is curator and head of French paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where she has led the department since 2010.
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Sep 19, 2026
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So the salon, getting into the salon was the only way to advance as a professional artist, really like in the Western world.
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You had to, hopefully if you were a male artist, you could get into the École des Beaux-Arts.
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So Cassatt arrives in 1865, and she has to cobble together her own tutelage from private teachers.
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