Berthe Morisot

Also known as Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot, Berthe Manet, Berthe Manet Morisot, Berthe-Marie-Pauline Morisot, Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot Manet, Berthe Manet-Morisot, Berthe Marie Pauline Morizot, B. Morisot

French painter (1841-1895)

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Berthe Morisot was a French painter who lived from 1841 to 1895 and is recognized as an important figure in art history. She matters because she was a significant artist of her era whose work contributed to the development of modern painting.

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Born: 1841
Died: 1895
Works: 28

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Loan exhibition of paintings by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
The correspondence of Berthe Morisot with her family and her friends
Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895
Berthe Morisot and her circle

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: France
Active from: 1841
Active to: 1895

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Listeners: 13
Total plays: 30

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5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“His [ Edouard Manet's] paintings, as they always do, produce the impression of a wild or even a somewhat unripe fruit. I do not in the least dislike them.”
“Men readily believe that they will fill a whole life; but for my part, I believe that however fond one is of one's husband, one does not relinquish a life of work without some difficulty; affection is a very pretty thing provided it is coupled with something to fill one's day; that something, for you, I see as motherhood.”
“He [ Manet ] begged me to go straight up and see his painting [ 'Le Balcon'] - Berthe was model for this painting], as he was rooted to the spot. I've never seen anyone in such a state, one minute he was laughing, the next insisting his picture was dreadful; in the next breath, sure it would be a huge success.”
“The tall fellow Bazille has done something I find quite fine: a young girl [in his painting 'View on the village' ] in a very light dress in the shadow of a tree beyond which one sees a town. There is a good deal of light, sunlight, He is trying to do what we [Berthe and her sister Edma] have so often tried to bring off: to paint a figure in the open air. This time I think he has succeed.”
“Corot spoiled the 'étude' [study] we admired so much when we saw it at his home, by redoing it in the studio.”
“I will achieve it only [being an artist] by perseverance, and by openly asserting my determination to emancipate myself, [but].. ..I both lament and envy your [Edma's] fate. Bichette [her niece] helps me to understand maternal love; she comes onto my bed every morning and plays so sweetly.. ..life gets more complicated by the day here now I am gripped by the desire to have children, that' all I need.”

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Berthe Morisot, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot ( French: [bɛʁt mɔʁizo]; 14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895) was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Paris Salon, listed as a student of Joseph Guichard and Achille-Francois Oudinot. 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 (15 April – 15 May 1874), 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. Morisot went on to participate in all but one of the following eight impressionist exhibitions, between 1874 and 1886.

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