Berthe Morisot facts for kids

Morisot, painted in 1872 by Manet

Berthe Morisot (14 January 1841 - 2 March 1895) was an Impressionist painter. She was born in Bourges, France, and died in Paris.

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.

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.

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

The Cradle, 1872
Child among the staked roses, 1881
The Bath, 1885 or 1886

Images for kids

Berthe Morisot, Portrait de Mme Morisot et de sa fille Mme Pontillon ou La lecture (The Mother and Sister of the Artist - Marie-Joséphine & Edma) 1869/70
Berthe Morisot, Grain field, c.1875, Musée d'Orsay
Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (in mourning for her father), 1872, Musée d'Orsay
Jeune Fille au Manteau Vert by Berthe Morisot. Oil on canvas, circa 1894
Berthe Morisot, The Artist's Daughter Julie with her Nanny, c. 1884. Minneapolis Institute of Art
La Coiffure
The Harbor at Lorient, 1869, National Gallery of Art
On the Balcony, 1872, New York
Portrait of Mme Boursier and Her Daughter, c. 1873, Brooklyn Museum
Reading, 1873, Cleveland Museum of Art
Lady at her Toilette, 1875 The Art Institute of Chicago
Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875, Musée Marmottan Monet
The Dining Room, c. 1875 National Gallery of Art
Summer's Day, 1879, National Gallery, London
Winter aka Woman with a Muff, 1880, Dallas Museum of Arts
The Artists' Daughter Julie With Her Nanny, c.1884, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Julie Manet et son Lévrier Laerte, 1893, Musée Marmottan Monet
Detail from The balcony by Édouard Manet, with the portrait of Berthe in the foreground. 1868.
Berthe Morisot posing for The Rest. 1870. By Édouard Manet.
Berthe Morisot on a divan couch, 1872, by Édouard Manet.
Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Fan, 1874 by Édouard Manet.
Portrait of Berthe Morisot, 1876, by Marcellin Desboutin.
Portrait of Berthe Morisot. 1882. By Édouard Manet.
Berthe Morisot au soulier rose. 1872. By Édouard Manet. Hiroshima Museum of Art.
Berthe Morisot and her daughter Julie Manet, 1894, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Berthe Morisot, 1892, by Renoir.