• Central gure in the French Impressionist movement; worked mainly in oil, watercolor and pastel

• Because of social restrictions, and like other female artists at the time, painted mainly domestic scenes and subjects

• First exhibited at the important Salon de Paris in 1864, to favorable reviews; was included regularly in Salon exhibitions

• In 1874, started exhibiting with the Impression- ists; in an 1880 exhibition was judged to be among the best

• in 2013 became the highest valued female artist with the sale of her painting After Luncheon

 After Luncheon, 1881

 The Cradle, 1872