DETAILS
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot
- Date
- 1871
- Location
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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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.
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Cart with Red and White Ox
Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Kröller-Müller Museum
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Barks Fleeing Before the Storm
Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
The Backgammon Players
Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Apples
Gustave Courbet · 1871 · National Museum of Western Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Bearded Man
Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1871 · Hispanic Society of America
Same era · 1850s–1880s
The Crystal Palace
Camille Pissarro · 1871 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
The Rehearsal Onstage
Edgar Degas · 1871 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat
Paul Cézanne · 1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Impression, Sunrise
Claude Monet · 1872 · Musée Marmottan Monet
Same era · 1850s–1880s
In the Adirondacks
William Hart · 1870 · Q847508




