Degas invited Mary Cassatt to display her work in the 1879 exhibition,
but also insisted on the inclusion of Jean-François Raffaëlli, Ludovic Lepic, and other realists who did not represent Impressionist practices,
causing Monet in 1880 to accuse the Impressionists of"opening doors to first-come daubers.
Degas invited Mary Cassatt to display her work in the 1879 exhibition, but
he also caused dissention by insisting on the inclusion of Jean-Francois Raffaelli, Ludovic Lepic, and other realists who did not represent Impressionist practices,
leading Monet in 1880 to accuse the Impressionists of"opening doors to first-come daubers".
Degas invited Mary Cassatt to display her work in the 1879 exhibition, but
he also caused dissension by insisting on the inclusion of Jean-Francois Raffaelli, Ludovic Lepic, and other realists who did not represent Impressionist practices,
c ausing Monet in 1880 to accuse the Impressionists of"opening doors to first-come daubers".