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"Portrait of a Woman," Berthe Morisot, 1872-5.
Morisot (1841-95) was a pioneering member of the Impressionists, and one of the "grandes dames" of the movement. While not as admired in this country as her friend Mary Cassatt is, she is still a very respected artist.
The sitter for this portrait is unknown, but many feel it's Morisot's sister Edma (1839-1921), herself an artist and very close to Berthe. Edma and Berthe were trained together and had a studio together, but Edma married and decided to scale back her painting. She did sit for her sister multiple times.
Sadly, only two known paintings by Edma survive; for unknown reasons, she destroyed most of her work after her marriage.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Courtauld Gallery, London.
#Art #BertheMorisot #Impressionism #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #WomensHistory
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(6/7) ... dès le départ (cf 1900) + Gare Montparnasse + #Severine soutien indéfectible de Dreyfus (cf 1855 1888 1914) + centenaire de la technique d’impression #lithographie qui a transformé la diffusion des images et investit l’espace urbain #consommation #economie #publicite + Naissance de #PaulEluard (cf 1942 1944 1952) et Pierre Louis Dulong https://piaille.fr/@monparisalphabetique/116891038210959817 + décès de #LouisPasteur (cf 1885) et de #BertheMorisot (cf 1841) ...