DETAILS
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot
- Date
- 1875
- Location
- Musée d'Orsay
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THE ARTIST
Berthe Morisot
1841–1895 · FranceBerthe Morisot, a pioneering Impressionist, captured intimate domestic scenes and landscapes, often featuring women and children, with a luminous touch.
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The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935)
1870 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Woman at Her Toilette
1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Woman in a Garden
1882 · Art Institute of Chicago
Young Woman Knitting
1883 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Forêt de Compiègne
1885 · Art Institute of Chicago
Young Girl with Hat
1891 · Art Institute of Chicago
Young Woman Seated on a Sofa
1879 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Landscape (Tree-trunks near a River)
1888 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Beyond Morisot and Impressionism: works from the same years.
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Cart with Black Ox
Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Portland Art Museum
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Chariot Race
Léon-Victor Dupré · 1876 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Backgammon Players
Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin)
Edgar Degas · 1875 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)
Paul Cézanne · 1875 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Seine at Pont de Grenelle
Paul Gauguin · 1875 · Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Watering Place at Marly
Alfred Sisley · 1875 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Woman at the Piano
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1875 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son
Claude Monet · 1875 · National Gallery of Art
Same era · 1860s–1890s
An Alpine Scene
Gustave Courbet · 1874 · Art Institute of Chicago




