Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wonder Woman Wednesday

Berthe Morisot was a French Impressionist from the mid-late 1800's. Despite her large name (the name "Berthe" always makes me think of a large southern woman), she received little recognition and few are even aware of her works. She was right there with the best: Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, all the big names everyone knows and loves. She was even married to the brother of Edouard Manet ~ alas, she was a woman and an impressionist painter at that, so she received even less attention than her male colleagues.

Her paintings include images from everyday life, especially pertaining to home life and motherhood. Several of her paintings are portraits of her daughter, Julie.

This is probably one of the more famous pieces, having made an appearance at both the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Art Institute of Chicago. It's titled "Woman at her Toilette" ~


Though somewhat unknown within pop-culture, this talented artists left an impression in the history of fine arts (get it? impression, cause she was an impressionist? ha ha ha).
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    hahaha. You are funny. I want to go to the museum again soon.

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  2. Alexandra RoseFebruary 25, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Let's do it. Preferably when winter goes away.

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  3. Great-Granny GrandmaFebruary 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    If my back is up to it by then, you could take me too.

    I've seen that painting before--unless it was a very similar one--and always assumed it was by Degas. Did he paint a similar one, or did I just not look at the signature when I saw it?

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  4. Alexandra RoseFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Degas has lots of paintings of ballerinas. And he used similar colors in his paintings... so, it might be that you just confused it with another painting.

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