Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter and prominent member of the impressionist group. She is known for her luminous, elegant landscapes and sensitive paintings of women and children.

Morisot was born in 1841 to an upper-class family. She began drawing and painting at a young age and achieved considerable success. Her work was featured in several of the annual Salon exhibitions sponsored by the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1874, Morisot also participated in the first impressionist exhibition alongside peers such as Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet.

Morisot paid keen attention to the women she painted. In portraits such as The Sisters (1869), the artist uses loose, expressive brushwork to capture her subjects’ psychological depth and personalities. Morisot died in 1895, having established a reputation as one of the great painters of her time.