Tag Archives: Berthe Morisot

À votre choix

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Patricia Gilbert

I’m not quite sure what day I’ll arrive in Paris this summer and when I’ll have to leave, but my thoughts are there already. I try to take in as many museum exhibits as I can, so I thought I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged à votre choix, Berthe Morisot, Degas and the Nude, Helmut Newton, Les Belles Heures du duc de Berry, Little Known Museums in and around Paris, Physionotraces: Gallery of Portraits from the Revolution to the Empire, Saint Anne the Final Masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci | 1 Comment

Tomber dans l’oubli

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Patricia Gilbert

Jean-Honoré Fragonard was born on April 5, 1732. His talent was spotted when he was 18 by Francois Boucher who handed him off to the great still-life painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin for training. After learning about painting light from Chardin, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, People | Tagged Academy of France in Rome, Berthe Morisot, Francois Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, La Liseuse, Prix de Rome, The Reader, Tomber dans l’oubli | 4 Comments

Cherchez la femme

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Patricia Gilbert

Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was one two only two women associated with the Impressionist movement. She was a student of both Camille Corot and Eduard Manet; she later married Manet’s brother Eugène. She was no … Continue reading →