Berthe Morisot
Painting, Visual Artist
1841 – 1895
Who was Berthe Morisot?
Berthe Morisot was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt.
In 1864, she exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Sponsored by the government, and judged by Academicians, the Salon was the official, annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons until, in 1874, she joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. It was held at the studio of the photographer Nadar.
She became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleague, Édouard Manet, when she married his brother, Eugène.
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- Born
- Jan 14, 1841
Bourges - Also known as
- Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot
- Berthe Manet
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Eugène Manet
(1874/12/22 - )
- Eugène Manet
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Lived in
- Bourges
- Died
- Mar 2, 1895
Paris - Resting place
- Passy Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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