![]() ![]() Prayers of Committal will be held in the Congregation Cemetery. Catherine Chapel at 10:30 am Wednesday, December 28, 2022. ![]() A Mass of Christian Burial was offered in St. ![]() She is survived by a sister, Rita Chiodini of Rockford, Illinois, and two brothers, Richard Disch (Mary Ann) of Rockford, and Robert Disch (Connie) of Cherry Valley, Illinois, other loving family, and her Adrian Dominican Sisters. Sister Teresa was preceded in death by her parents and two cousins, Sisters Anna Rita and Margaret Sullivan, both Adrian Dominican Sisters. Sister became a resident at the Dominican Life Center in 2014. Beginning in 1982, she ministered for 24 years as a pastoral counselor and retreat/spiritual director in Capulin and Pueblo, Colorado Detroit and Oak Park and Westchester, Illinois. She was director of formation for the Adrian Dominican Sisters for six years, and a social worker for Hospice of Lansing for one year. This includes one year at Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, an Adrian Dominican institution. Later, the major theme of her paintings involved scenes showing a mother and child together.Sister ministered for 14 years in elementary and secondary education in Brighton, Wyandotte, Detroit, Adrian and Dearborn, Michigan, and Wilmette and Rockford, Illinois. For many years, she primarily painted her family. Mary wanted to express light and color in her art. Mary also studied Japanese art and its influence can be seen in many of her paintings. Mary Cassatt's artistic style was influenced by the European masters early on and, later, by the Impressionist art movement (especially Edgar Degas). She began to exhibit her paintings with the Impressionists and gained a new level of notoriety within the art world. She began to explore new ways of painting and discovered a whole new world of art in Impressionism. Fortunately, it was about that time that Mary became close friends with Impressionist painter Edgar Degas. Over the next several years, Cassatt continued to paint with some success.īy 1877, Mary Cassatt had become frustrated with the traditional art scene in Paris. In 1868, one of her paintings ( A Mandolin Player) was accepted to be exhibited by the famous Paris Salon. ![]() She also studied paintings on her own in museums such as the Louvre. In 1866, Mary moved to Paris where she took private lessons from art instructor Jean-Leon Gerome. Mary spent several years studying art at the academy, but eventually became frustrated with the instruction and the limits put on female students. While in Europe, she also gained a love for art and decided early on that she wanted to become a professional artist.Īlthough her parents had some misgivings about Mary choosing a career as an artist, she entered art school at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1860. She spent part of her childhood living in France and Germany, where she learned French and German. Mary Cassatt was born on into a wealthy family near the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Famous works: The Boating Party, The Child's Bath, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, The Cup of Tea.Died: JChâteau de Beaufresne, France (near Paris). ![]()
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