What is Berthe Morisot?
[[File:Edouard Manet - Berthe Morisot With a Bouquet of Violets - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Morisot, painted in 1872 by [[Manet]]]] '''Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot''' ({{IPA-fr|bɛʁt mɔʁizo|lang}}; January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was an [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] painter. She was born in Bourges, [[France]], and died in [[Paris]].<ref name=WBE>{{citation |author=Friedman, Ann |title=Morisot, Berthe |publisher=The World Book Encyclopedia |volume=13 |date=2012}}</ref> In the 1860s, she studied with [[Camille Corot]]. She exhibited at the 1865 Salon. Morisot met artist [[Édouard Manet]] in 1868. Manet painted her [[portrait]] several times. The two had great influence on one another's work. In 1874, she married his brother, Eugène.<ref name=WBE/> She exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. Morisot worked in oils, pastels, and watercolor. Her pictures are light and delicate. They typically depict women and children in everyday domestic life.<ref name=WBE/> Many critics ridiculed the Impressionists. Morisot was not spared. She was never commercially successful during her lifetime. During her lifetime however, she outsold prominent Impressionists [[Claude Monet]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], and [[Alfred Sisley]]. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Berthe Morisot, Le berceau (The Cradle), 1872.jpg|The Cradle, 1872 File:Child among the Hollyhocks - Berthe Morisot - Paris 1863 – 1874- Revolution in der Kunst-9810 (without frame).jpg|Child among the staked roses, 1881 File:Berthe Morisot The Bath.jpg|The Bath, 1885 or 1886 </gallery> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morisot, Berthe}} [[Category:French painters]] [[Category:Impressionist painters]] [[Category:People from Bourges]] [[Category:1841 births]] [[Category:1895 deaths]]