Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter and printmaker from Pennsylvania who lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas.
Cassatt's work often featured an emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and their children.
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- Cassatt's 1900 painting Young Mother Sewing is featured in the "Mothers and Children" montage in the 1983 TV special Don't Eat the Pictures.
- Grover and his mom appear in The Child's Bath for the Museum of Monster Art sticker book.
- Cassatt is mentioned by name on Disney Junior Music: Ready for Preschool's "At the Art Museum," as her painting "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair" (1878) is shown beside Georgia O'Keeffe's "Red Poppy" (1927) while Baby Fozzie, Baby Gonzo and Baby Kermit admire it in awe.