The extraordinary story of a woman who defied tradition, a painter whose work captivated Edgar Degas, and the only American asked to join the French Impressionists. Best remembered for her tender yet unsentimental depictions of mothers and children, Cassatt was also a driving force for women's suffrage and other issues of her day.

Once the "Girl with a watering can" steps out of the painting, which is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., hercuriosity leads her to visit other paintings in the museum, where her mischievous behavior causes more trouble than ever expected.