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
Grain field, c. 1875, Musée d'Orsay
La Coiffure, 1894
The Sisters, 1869, National Gallery of Art
The Artist's Sister at a Window, 1869, National Gallery of Art
The Harbor at Lorient, 1869, National Gallery of Art
On the Balcony, 1872, New York City
Reading, 1873, Cleveland Museum of Art
Le Berceau (The Cradle), 1872, Musée d'Orsay
Portrait of Mme Boursier and Her Daughter, c. 1873, Brooklyn Museum
Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, 1875, National Gallery 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
Jour d'été Summer's Day, 1879, National Gallery, London Alternative title: French: Le Lac du bois de Boulogne The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne
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