Berthe Morisot, a French painter, was the daughter of a top civil servant in the Department of Cher and a grand-niece of the Rococo painter Fragonard. She started to take lessons in drawing in 1857. Berthe Morisot was a tireless copyist. She began with the Old Masters and ended with Corot, whose work she had the advantage of discussing with the artist himself.
1869. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1869. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1869. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
c.1869-70. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
1871. Pastel on paper. Musée de Louvre, Paris, France.
c. 1871-72. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1872. Oil on canvas. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
1873. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1873. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1873. Oil on canvas. Cleveland Museum of Art.
1874. Pastel on paper. Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France.
1874. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1875. Oil on canvas. Musée Marmottan, Paris, France.
1875. Oil on canvas. Musee Marmottan, Paris.
1875. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1875. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
c. 1875. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago.
1876. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
1877. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1879. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
Berthe Morisot: The First Lady of Impressionism by Margaret Shennan. Sutton Publishing, 2000.
Berthe Morisot by Anne Higonnet. University of California Press, 1995.
Berthe Morisot by Kathleen Adler, Tamar Garb. Phaidon Press Inc., 1995.
Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt by Jeffrey Meyers. Harcourt, 2005.