Berthe Morisot

Manet, Mme. Eugene

French, 1841 - 1895

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Histoire des Peintres Impressionistes

Various Artists, Théodore Duret, Paul Cezanne, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Jean-Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin, H. Floury · 1906 · bound volume with text, etchings, and photomechanical reproductions ·  Accession ID  1964.8.1691

Berthe Morisot, Girl Seated, 1894, watercolor, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.161

Girl Seated

Berthe Morisot · 1894 · watercolor ·  Accession ID  1970.17.161

Berthe Morisot, Girl Picking Cherries, 1891, red chalk with stumping on light brown paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.62

Girl Picking Cherries

Berthe Morisot · 1891 · red chalk with stumping on light brown paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.62

Berthe Morisot, Young Girl with an Apron, 1891, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2004.110.5

Young Girl with an Apron

Berthe Morisot · 1891 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2004.110.5

Shown from the knees up, a young girl with pale skin, wearing a coral-peach dress, sits facing and looking at us in this loosely painted, vertical portrait. Her knees are angled slightly to our left, and her hands rest in her lap. She has a round face and smooth, lightly flushed cheeks. She has brown eyes under arched brows, a delicate, snub nose, and her rose-pink lips are closed. Her hair, which is painted with broad strokes of caramel brown and moss green, is parted on one side and pulled smoothly back, presumably tied behind her head. Tendrils fall over her shoulders. Her dress is gathered around her neck and tied with a bow at the back. The loose sleeves fall to just below her elbows, and the dress is belted around the waist. A curving swipe of canary-yellow paint could be a buckle at the front. The fabric of the dress is painted with long, visible strokes of shell and rose pink, butter yellow, and ivory white, and a few touches of sage green and periwinkle blue for shadows. She wears a ring on the middle finger of her right hand. The space around her is loosely painted with strokes of electric and cobalt blue, with unpainted canvas visible at some of the edges. To our left, over the girl's shoulder, a wooden bird cage holds an emerald-green parakeet. The bird is streaked with royal blue along its back, and the area around its hooked beak is apple red. The cage has a mint-green bow and ribbon along the top. The artist signed the painting in green on the lower right corner: “Berthe Morisot.”
Berthe Morisot, The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet, 1890, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.50

The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet

Berthe Morisot · 1890 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.50

Berthe Morisot, Peasant Girl, 1890, red chalk with stumping on light brown paper; laid down, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.61

Peasant Girl

Berthe Morisot · 1890 · red chalk with stumping on light brown paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  1995.47.61

Berthe Morisot, Spring Landscape, c. 1890/1891, colored pencils and graphite, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.163

Spring Landscape

Berthe Morisot · c. 1890/1891 · colored pencils and graphite ·  Accession ID  1970.17.163

Berthe Morisot, Julie Manet Holding a Cat, 1889, printed 1921, drypoint on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1953.6.97

Julie Manet Holding a Cat

Berthe Morisot · 1889, printed 1921 · drypoint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1953.6.97

Berthe Morisot, Walk in the Boulogne Wood, 1889, printed 1921, drypoint on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1953.6.103

Walk in the Boulogne Wood

Berthe Morisot · 1889, printed 1921 · drypoint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1953.6.103

Berthe Morisot, Nude, 1889, printed 1921, drypoint on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1953.6.96

Nude

Berthe Morisot · 1889, printed 1921 · drypoint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1953.6.96