Berthe Morisot was Fragonard\u2019s descendant, Corot\u2019s student, Manet\u2019s model. But above all, Morisot was the foremost female painter of the impressionist movement and, to quote Apollinaire, \u201cone of the most complete artists of her day.\u201d Morisot won over the impressionists with her talent and became the first woman of the group, alongside Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley. Likewise, she was heralded by the greatest writers of her time; in this tribute to Morisot, an anthology of citations from Paul Val\u00e9ry, St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9, and Jean Cocteau offers an intimate portrait of the artist and her work. Morisot\u2019s paintings demonstrate how far ahead of her time she was when she created them, pioneering a new style of painting, and yet her work would remain underestimated for more than a century.<\/p>\n
Featuring previously unpublished correspondence with key members of the impressionist movement, this volume showcases the life and oeuvre of the influential artist and focuses on the important stages in Morisot\u2019s career, including her first participation in the Salon de Paris in 1864 at the age of twenty-three, her marriage in 1874 to Eug\u00e8ne, Manet\u2019s brother, and the birth of their daughter, Julie Manet, who became the subject of many of Morisot\u2019s subsequent paintings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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