The history of art is studded with women who managed to emerge despite a society that for centuries opposed the freedom and affirmation of women. One of these cases is represented by Berthe Morisot (Bourges, January 14, 1841 – Paris, March 2, 1895). It is a French impressionist painter who exalts femininity, children and landscapes with her painting. The 20 women in art who changed history
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Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot, born Bourges in January 1841, was a French impressionist painter. In her life, Berthe Morisot, like the other artists of the period, had to fight against those who found the profession of painter unbecoming for a woman. The prejudices of her time, in addition to making it difficult for her to paint outdoors or in public places, made her indifferent and extraneous to the social issues that troubled Parisian life in those decades; She berthe was then led to paint interiors and domestic scenes, with elegant women of the middle and upper class portrayed at home or in the garden, at various times of the day. However, she was never a superficial artist: a constant datum of her art of hers is in fact the inner analysis of the characters, probably influenced in this by the friendship with many writers, in particularStephane Mallarme . “The rowers’ breakfast” by Renoir, because it can be considered a revolutionary painting
Even today, when we look at this painting, we seem to perceive the warmth of the sun that filters through the curtains, the chatter and the scents that come from the set table . Berthe Morisot
Berthe began to paint by copying the masterpieces of the Louvre Museum. Given her remarkable talent, her parents encouraged her to continue her artistic studies. Despite her remarkable talent, the painter could not, however, enter the Ecole des Beaux-Arts as a woman. You study privately with the academic painter Joseph Guichard. It was he who introduced her to Corot in her studio in Ville-d’Avray, and it was then the “genius of landscaping” who taught her to paint outdoors. Morisot then exhibited for the first time at the Salon Nadar, to which she was admitted in 1864. The woman managed to exhibit at the Salon every year, until 1873. In 1868 she met Manet, who asked her to pose for him. Over the years the painter portrayed her in 11 works (The balcony, The rest, Portrait of Berthe with a bunch of violets, etc.). Berthe also fell in love with her colleague, who nevertheless rejected her; the woman will then marry her brother Eugene. Conquered by the Impressionist movement, also thanks to her friendships, she left the official Salon and in 1874 joined the group of “independents” (the future Impressionists). Despite her motherhood, at 38 she had Julie, I continue to work hard. She was already a widow, she fell ill with pneumonia and after entrusting her daughter to her friend Mallarme she died in Paris. Her tombstone only bears the inscription: “Berthe Morisot, widow of Eugene Manet“. Without any hint of her career as an artist, despite the successes and commitment that the woman, star of the Impressionists, had collected in her short life. I left the official Salon and in 1874 joined the group of “independents” (the future Impressionists). Despite his motherhood, at 38 he had Julie, I continue to work hard. Already a widow, she fell ill with pneumonia and after entrusting her daughter to her friend Mallarme she died in Paris. Her tombstone only bears the inscription: “Berthe Morisot, widow of Eugene Manet“. Without any hint of her career as an artist, despite her successes and commitment that the woman, star of the Impressionists, had collected in her short life. I left the official Salon and in 1874 joined the group of “independents” (the future Impressionists). Despite his motherhood, at 38 he had Julie, I continue to work hard. Already a widow, she fell ill with pneumonia and after entrusting her daughter to her friend Mallarme she died in Paris. Her tombstone only bears the inscription: “Berthe Morisot, widow of Eugene Manet“. Without any hint of her career as an artist, despite her successes and commitment that the woman, star of the Impressionists, had collected in her short life. widow of Eugene Manet “. Without any hint of her career as an artist, despite the successes and commitment that the woman, star of the Impressionists, had collected in her short life. widow of Eugene Manet “. Without any hint of her career as an artist, despite the successes and commitment that the woman, star of the Impressionists, had collected in her short life.
