Mary Cassatt was an American painter who was a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. She was a close friend of Edgar Degas, another prominent Impressionist painter, and often used PASTEL colors in her work. She is known for her paintings of mothers and children, as well as her use of ewers, which are large vessels used for holding liquids. Paul Klee was a Swiss-German artist who was heavily influenced by Cubism and Surrealism. Salvador Dali was a Spanish Surrealist painter who was known for his bizarre and dreamlike works.