Berthe Morisot

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Berthe Morisot was a pioneering French painter and one of the few prominent women in the Impressionist movement, known for her delicate brushwork and intimate domestic scenes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French artist
Impressionist painter
human
painter
woman
activeYears c. 1860s–1895
artisticStyle light, luminous palette
loose, broken brushwork
associatedWith Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Impressionist circle in Paris
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Édouard Manet
birthName Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot
burialPlace Cimetière de Passy, Paris
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Julie Manet
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1841-01-14
dateOfDeath 1895-03-02
firstExhibitedAt Salon de Paris
genre domestic interior painting
landscape painting
portrait painting
still life painting
knownFor delicate brushwork
intimate domestic scenes
portraits of women and children
language French
movement Impressionism
name Berthe Morisot
notableWork Reading
Summer’s Day
The Balcony (figure in Manet’s painting)
The Cradle
The Mother and Sister of the Artist
Young Woman at a Window
participatedIn first Impressionist exhibition
multiple Impressionist exhibitions
placeOfBirth Bourges, France
placeOfDeath Paris, France
relative Édouard Manet
residence Paris, France
sibling Edma Morisot
spouse Eugène Manet
studiedUnder Camille Corot
subjectMatter bourgeois domestic life
children
gardens and outdoor leisure
women in private spaces

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