Berthe Morisot
Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets, 1872
Birth name	Berthe Morisot
Born	January 14, 1841(1841-01-14) Bourges, Cher, France
Died	March 2, 1895 (aged 54) Paris
Nationality	French
Field	Painting
Movement	Impressionism

Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Bourges is a commune in central France on the Yèvre river It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital Cher ( Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Undervalued for over a century, possibly because she was a woman, she is now considered among the first league of Impressionist painters.

In 1864, she exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Salon (Salon or rarely Paris Salon (French Salon de Paris) beginning in 1725 was the official Art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts Sponsored by the government, and judged by academicians, the Salon was the official, annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art literary or scientific Academy. Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which Art objects (in the most general sense meet an Audience. The Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts is a French Learned society. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons^[1] until, in 1874, she joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder Camille Pissarro ( July 10 1830 &ndash November 13 1903) was a French Impressionist painter. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in Alfred Sisley ( October 30, 1839 &ndash January 29, 1899) was an English Impressionist landscape painter who It was held at the studio of the photographer Nadar. A studio is a Artist 's or worker's workroom or an artist and his or her Employees who work within that studio A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera.

She became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleague, Édouard Manet, when she married his brother, Eugène.

Contents 1 Education 2 Manet and impressionism 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

Education

Morisot was born in Bourges, Cher, France into a successful bourgeois family. The Musée d'Orsay is a Museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station the Gare Bourges is a commune in central France on the Yèvre river It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital Cher ( Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Both she and her sister Edma Morisot chose to become painters. Once Berthe Morisot settled on pursuing art, her family did not impede her career.

She was born into a family that, according to family tradition, had included one of the most prolific Rococo painters of the ancien régime, Fragonard,^[2] whose handling of colour and expressive, confident brushwork influenced later painters. Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and Interior design. Ancien Régime ( pronounced: /ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim/ refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in Jean-Honoré Fragonard ( April 5, 1732 &ndash August 22, 1806) was a French painter and Printmaker whose late Rococo By age twenty, she had met and befriended the important, and pivotal, landscape painter of the Barbizon School, who excelled in figure painting as well, Camille Corot. The Barbizon school (circa 1830&ndash1870 of painters is named after the village of Barbizon near Fontainebleau Forest, France, where the artists gathered Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot ( July 17, 1796 &ndash February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter and Printmaker

The older artist instructed Berthe and her sister in painting and introduced them to other artists and teachers. Under Corot's influence, Morisot took up the plein air method of working. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air" and is particularly used to describe the act of Painting outdoors As art students, Berthe and Edma worked closely together until Edma married, had children, and no longer had time to paint so intensely as Berthe. Letters between them show a loving and cordial relationship, underscored by Berthe's regret at the distance between them and about Edma's withdrawal from painting. Edma wholeheartedly supported Berthe's continued work and the families of the two sisters always remained close.

Manet and impressionism

Morisot's first appearance in the Salon de Paris came at the age of twenty-three in 1864, with the acceptance of two landscape paintings. The Musée d'Orsay is a Museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station the Gare The Salon (Salon or rarely Paris Salon (French Salon de Paris) beginning in 1725 was the official Art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land including physical elements such as Landforms living elements of flora and fauna abstract elements such as lighting She continued to show regularly in the Salon, to generally favorable reviews, until 1873, the year before the first Impressionist exhibition. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Meanwhile, in 1868 Morisot became acquainted with Édouard Manet. He took a special interest in Morisot, as is evident from his warm portrayal of her in several paintings, including a striking portrait study of Morisot in a black veil, while in mourning for her father's death (displayed at the top of the article). Correspondence between them bespeaks affection. He once gave her an easel as a Christmas present. Tripod easeljpg|thumb|An example of a tripod design easel with an inclining mechanism built in giFT Internet File Transfer ( giFT) is a computer software daemon that allows several File sharing protocols to be used with a simple client having a He also interfered in one of her Salon submissions when he was engaged to transport it. Manet mistook one of Morisot's self-criticisms as an invitation to add his corrections, which he did, much to Morisot's dismay.

Although traditionally Manet has been related as the master and Morisot as the follower, there is evidence that their relationship was a reciprocating one. ^[3] Morisot had developed her own distinctive artistic style. Records of paintings show Manet's approval and appreciation of certain stylistic and compositional decisions that Morisot originated. He incorporated some of these characteristics into his own work.

It was Morisot who convinced Manet to attempt plein air painting, which she had been practicing since having been introduced to it by Corot. The Wallraf-Richartz Museum is one of the three major museums in Cologne, Germany. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air" and is particularly used to describe the act of Painting outdoors ^[4]

She also drew Manet into the circle of painters who soon became known as the Impressionists. In 1874, Morisot married Manet's brother, Eugene, and they had one daughter, Julie. Julie Manet ( November 14, 1878 - July 14, 1966) was a French painter and art collector

As a doctrinaire Impressionist as well as a member of the haute bourgeoisie, Morisot painted what she experienced on a daily basis. Her paintings reflect the 19th century cultural restrictions of her class and gender. She avoided urban and street scenes as well as the nude figure and, like her fellow female Impressionist Mary Cassatt, focused on domestic life and portraits in which she could use family and personal friends as models. Paintings like The Cradle, 1872 in which she depicted current trends for nursery furniture reflect her sensitivity to fashion and advertising, both of which would have been apparent to her female audience.

Her works include not only landscapes, portraits, garden settings, and boating scenes, but also subjects portraying the comfort and intimacy of family and domestic life, as did her colleagues, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Mary Cassatt. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in Mary Stevenson Cassatt ( May 22, 1844 &ndash June 14, 1926) was an American painter and Printmaker.

Berthe Morisot died on March 2, 1895 in Paris and was interred in the Cimetière de Passy. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Passy Cemetery ( Fr: Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located at 2 rue du Commandant Schlœsing in Passy, in the 16ème ''arrondissement''

Gallery

The Harbor at Lorient, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1869	The Mother and Sister of the Artist (Reading), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC c. This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. 1869-70	On the Balcony, New York 1872	Reading, Cleveland Museum of Art 1873
Chasing Butterflies, Musée d'Orsay, Paris 1874	At the Ball, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris 1875	Lady at her Toilette, 1875	Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, Private Collection 1875
The Dining Room, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC c. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA is an Art museum in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland Ohio. The Musée d'Orsay is a Museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station the Gare Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Musée Marmottan-Monet is located at 2 rue Louis Boilly in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. 1875	Summer Day National Gallery, London 1879	Winter aka Woman with a Muff, Dallas Museum of Arts 1880	Dame a L'ombrelle 1881
Rose Trémière, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 1884	Young Girl with Cage, 1885	The Bath (Girl Arranging Her Hair), Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 1885-86	Julie Manet et son Lévrier Laerte, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris 1893

See also

• Women artists
• Western painting
• History of painting

Notes

References

• Denvir, B. (2000). The Chronicle of Impressionism: An Intimate DIary of the Lives and World of the Great Artists. London: Thames & Hudson. OCLC 43339405
• Higonnet, Anne (1995). Berthe Morisot. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20156-6
• Turner, J. (2000). From Monet to Cézanne: late 19th-century French artists. Grove Art. New York: St Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-22971-2

External links

• Berthe Morisot at the WebMuseum

The WebMuseum, formerly known as the WebLouvre, was founded by Nicolas Pioch in France in 1994, while still a student

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