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Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895)

Berthe Marie Pauline 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.
She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt.

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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:


It was held at the studio of the photographer Nadar.
She was married to Eugène Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Édouard Manet.

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Berthe-Morisot-1875

Berthe-Morisot-1884-young-woman-with-straw-hat

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Berthe-Morisot-At-the-Beach-in-Nice-1882

Berthe-Morisot-Before-the-Mirror-1890

Berthe-Morisot-Beneath-the-Lilac-at-Maurecourt-1874

Berthe-Morisot-Calvary-after-Veronese-1858

Berthe-Morisot-Child-in-the-Rose-Garden-1881

Berthe-Morisot-Child-with-a-Red-Apron-1886

Berthe-Morisot-Dahlias-1876

Berthe-Morisot-English-Seascape-1875

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Berthe-Morisot-Eugene-Manet-on-the-Isle-of-Wight

Berthe-Morisot-Eugene-Manet-with-his-daughter-at-Bougival

Berthe-Morisot-Getting-out-of-Bed-1886

Berthe-Morisot-Getting-Up-1886

Berthe-Morisot-Girl-gathering-cherries-1891

Berthe-Morisot-Girl-in-a-Boat-with-Geese-1889

Berthe-Morisot-Girl-with-Greyhound-1893

Berthe-Morisot-Girl-with-Shuttlecock-also-known-as-Jeanne-Bonnet-1888

Berthe-Morisot-Hanging-the-Laundry-out-to-Dry-1875

Berthe-Morisot-Hide-and-Seek-1873

Berthe-Morisot-In-a-Park

Berthe-Morisot-In-a-Villa-at-the-Seaside-1874

Berthe-Morisot-In-the-Bois-de-Boulogne

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Berthe-Morisot-Julie-Manet-and-her-Greyhound-Laerte-1893

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Berthe-Morisot-Julie-Manet-with-a-Budgie-1890

Berthe-Morisot-Julie-with-Pasie-in-the-Garden-at-Bougival-1881

Berthe-Morisot-Julie-Writing-1884

Berthe-Morisot-Le-Mandoline-1889

Berthe-Morisot-Lesson-in-the-Garden

Berthe-Morisot-Little-Dancer-1885

Berthe-Morisot.-The-beach-in-Nice

Berthe-Morisot-Apres_le_dejeuner

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