BERTHE MORISOT
BERTHE MORISOT
Born January 14, 1841, Bourges, France
Died March 2, 1895, Paris, France
Self Portrait, 1885
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Central gure in the French Impressionist movement; worked mainly in oil, watercolor and pastel
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Because of social restrictions, and like other female artists at the time, painted mainly domestic scenes and subjects
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First exhibited at the important Salon de Paris in 1864, to favorable reviews; was included regularly in Salon exhibitions
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In 1874, started exhibiting with the Impression- ists; in an 1880 exhibition was judged to be among the best
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in 2013 became the highest valued female artist with the sale of her painting After Luncheon
After Luncheon, 1881
The Cradle, 1872
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