French1841–1895
Berthe Morisot
A French painter who trained alongside her sister Edma, met Édouard Manet in 1868 and married his brother Eugène in 1874. That year she was the only woman among the founding exhibitors of the first Impressionist exhibition, and she showed in all but one of the eight.
A life in paintings
- 1841Paint in tubes
The collapsible metal paint tube is patented, making it practical to paint outdoors.
Born - 1869Was a rival of Eva GonzalèsParis
When Gonzalès joined Manet's studio, Morisot wrote to her sister Edma that Manet kept holding up Mademoiselle Gonzalès to her as the example of composure and perseverance. Biographers read the letters as jealousy of the young pupil while Manet was painting her portrait.
Source: theartstory.org - 1872
- 1874Was family to Édouard ManetParis
Morisot met Manet while copying in the Louvre in 1868 and posed for him again and again over the next six years. In 1874 she married his younger brother Eugène, which made Manet her brother-in-law; unlike him, she joined the Impressionists' independent exhibitions that same year.
Source: Wikipedia - 1895Died
Circles
Exhibition · Paris · 1874
Impressionist exhibitions
The eight independent group shows, 1874-1886. Pissarro alone showed at all eight; Cassatt at four; Renoir 1874, 1876, 1877, 1882; Seurat and Signac only at the 8th (1886). Manet never exhibited with them.
- Alfred Sisley
- Camille Pissarro
- Claude Monet
- Edgar Degas
- Georges Seurat
- Gustave Caillebotte
- Marie Bracquemond
- Mary Cassatt
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Gauguin
- Paul Signac
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Exhibition · Frankfurt and San Francisco · 2008
Women Impressionists (2008)
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt and the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, brought together the four best-known women of the Impressionist circle. For Bracquemond it was the fullest showing since the 1919 retrospective her son organised in Paris.
Where to see them
Musée d'Orsay
Paris
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