Berthe Morisot at the Musée Marmottan Monet...
1:40 p.m.November 5, 2025 - In 1996, the descendants of Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) donated her collection to the Musée Marmottan Monet, which is why this institution holds the largest number of publicly exhibited works by the artist.
In her youth, she painted portraits of girls and young women surrounded by flowers and worked with models as well as those in her immediate circle, such as her nieces Paule Gobillard and Jeannie Gobillard (who later married the French writer and poet Paul Valéry). However, her favorite was Julie Manet, her only daughter with Eugène Manet, brother of Edouard, as she was also the most accessible.
Technique: oil on canvas
It is worth remembering that Morisot was the first artist of the Impressionist movement. Her works capture the light through a palette ranging from blues to whites, comparable to the works of Watteau and Fragonard. In her later years, she showed an affinity to the colors of Renoir, who, along with Manet, Monet, and the poet Malarmé, were her closest friends.
Bois de Boulogne, by Berthe Morisot (1893)
Technique: oil on canvas
Her painting teacher, who introduced her to outdoor painting, was Corot, and later Degas, who also invited her to join the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. Manet was an essential figure in her life, not only because he was family (her brother-in-law) but also because he encouraged her to paint.
The museum houses many of her watercolors, in which we see the freedom of her brushstrokes and the quality of her color choices, along with the interplay of transparencies that highlights her virtuosity.
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