Jeune Fille Etendre
Jeune Fille Etendre
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841 – 1895)
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Berthe Morisot was a French painter who was best known for being part of the Impressionists circle in the 1870s. Born in Paris in 1841 to a wealthy family, Morisot studied painting from multiple private tutors even though she was not allowed to have formal art training. She tried many mediums throughout her life including oil paints, watercolors, charcoal/ colored pencils, and pastels. After exhibiting for years at the Salon de Paris, she exhibited at the Impressionists first exhibition in 1874. She would go on to exhibit with them and gain more respect for her work where she had been criticized for it earlier. Her art was characterized by its depictions of everyday life, often including images from a woman's domestic life. In her personal life, she was friendly and worked with the other Impressionists, especially Edouard Manet. Later in 1874, she would go on to marry his brother, Eugene Manet, with whom she had one daughter that she showcased frequently in her art. In 1895, she would die at 54 after contracting pneumonia while caring for her daughter who had the same illness.
