Berthe Morisot: "First Female Impressionist”

Berthe Morisot broke with the boundries of convention: the first woman to exhibit with a group of six men in 1874 whose works both shocked and seduced the public; they would be come to be called “impressionists”.  

Berthe Morisot triumphed. A devoted wife, mother and sister, she carved out a place for her art. She constructed her artistic stature.

In this slideshow/lecture we will meet Berthe Morisot, the French 19th century woman painter – a central figure in the roster of woman artists – held by her contemporaries to be the “quintessential impressionist”.