Berthe Morisot

by Anne Higonnet

Overview

Of the six Impressionist painters whose first exhibition scandalized and fascinated Paris in 1874, Berthe Morisot was the only woman. She reached a pinnacle of artistic achievement despite the restraints society placed on her sex, adroitly combining her artistic ambitions with a rewarding family life. Anne Higonnet brings fully to life an accomplished artist and her world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520201569
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	06/08/1995
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	447,800
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Anne Higonnet is Associate Professor of Art History at Wellesley College and the author of Berthe Morisot's Images of Women (1992).

Table of Contents

Preface

I
FORMATION
1841-1868

1 Family Background · 1841-1857
2 First Lessons · 1857-1867
3 Contacts· 1859-1867

II
DECISIONS
1868-1871

4 Encounters and Partings · 1868-1869
5 Alternatives · 1869-1871
6 Political Crisis · 1870-1871

III
ALLIANCES
1872-1874

7 Personal Crisis · 1870-1872
8 Resolutions · 1872-1874
9 Joining the Impressionist Movement· 1873-1874
10 The First Impressionist Exhibition · 1874
11 Eugene Manet
12 Artistic Events
13 A New Bond

IV
ALLIANCE
1875-1878

14 Impressionism Comes of Age
15 Fulfillment· 1878-1883

v
ENDURANCE
1883-1895

16 Loss · 1883-1886
17 La Grande Dame de Ia Peinture · 1884-1891
18 Art Closer to Home and Farther Abroad
. 1885-1891
19 Bereavement and Acclaim· 1892-1894
20 Summation · 1895

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Illustrations