MOTHERHOOD & ART

Kathe Kollwitz, ‘Worker Woman with Sleeping Child’, 1927

Instructions: Use your imagination to write a story inspired by ‘Worker Woman with Sleeping Child’.

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 MOTHERHOOD & ART
Mary Cassatt, ‘Reine Lefebre & Margot Before a Window’, c.1902
Instructions: Use your imagination to write a story inspired by ‘Reine Lefebre and Margot before a
Window’.

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 NOW TWEET THIS!
Mary Cassatt, ‘Reine Lefebre and Margot before a Window’
Instructions: Study the characters in the artwork. Think about what the characters think
and feel. Then, write Tweets from the perspective of the characters in the painting. Create
a Twitter username that fits your perception of the character.

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 COMPARE/CONTRAST
The Bond Between Mothers & Their Children
Instructions: Mary Cassatt specialized in capturing the special bond between mothers and their
children. However, she was not the only artist to choose this their subject matter. Compare and
contrast these artworks that focus rendering on that special bond, but in two very different
styles.

Mary Cassatt, Reine Lefebre and Margot before a Window, c.1902 Kathe Kollwitz, Worker Woman with Sleeping Child, 1927

COMPARE CONTRAST