Berthe Morisot Biography and Artwork

Berthe Morisot was a French painter and printmaker born in Bourges, France in 1841. She came from a well-off family and received private art lessons from French painter Joseph Guichard. In 1864, she exhibited her work for the first time at the Salon de Paris.

Morisot was one of the “les trois grandes dames” of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt. She had a close artistic relationship with Edouard Manet and later married his brother Eugene Manet. Despite facing significant challenges throughout her life as a female artist, Morisot left behind an important career.

Some of her most influential artworks include “The Harbor at Lorient” and “The Cage”, showing her mastery of capturing light and reflections on water surfaces in outdoor scenes. It is worth noting that Berthe Morisot’s work differentiated itself slightly from that of other Impressionists considering the subject matter she chose to depict; mostly intimate domestic interiors or candid glimpses into people’s everyday lives.

Today, Berthe Morisot’s legacy lives on as a pioneer for women artists during the male-dominated 19th-century art world. Her contribution to the Impressionist movement demonstrated that women could create high caliber artworks while bringing more diverse perspectives into play; challenging assumptions about what subjects were deemed worthy enough for fine arts representation beyond all-white wealthy European crowds who often found themselves depicted instead of depicted upon by women artists at this moment in history.

All Berthe Morisot Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Choir Boy 1894 oil,canvas
Conversation 1891 oil,canvas
Cottage Interior (also known as Interior at Jersey) 1886 oil,canvas
Daffodils 1885 oil,canvas
Dahlias 1876 oil,canvas
Daisies 1885 oil,canvas
English Seascape 1875 oil,canvas
Eugene Manet with his daughter at Bougival c.1881 oil,canvas
Fall Colors in the Bois de Boulogne 1888 watercolor
Self-Portrait 1885 oil,canvas
Self-Portrait with Julie (study) 1887 oil,canvas
Shepherdess Resting 1891 oil,canvas
Snowy Landscape (aka Frost) 1880 watercolor
Studying the Violin 1892 - 1893 oil,canvas
Study, The Water's Edge 1864 oil,canvas
Summer's Day 1879 oil,canvas
Swans 1888 watercolor
Thatched Cottage in Normandy 1865 oil,canvas
The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet 1890 oil,canvas
Young Woman in a Hat (Henriette Patte) 1891 oil,canvas
Young Woman in a Rowboat, Eventail 1891 watercolor
Young Woman in Grey Reclining 1879 oil,canvas
Young Woman in Mauve 1880 oil,canvas
Young Woman in White (aka Isabelle Lemmonier) c.1886 pastel
Young Woman Knitting
Young Woman Leaning on Her Elbows 1894 oil,canvas
Young Woman on a Couch 1885 charcoal
Young Woman Picking Oranges 1889 oil,canvas
Young Woman Powdering her Face 1877 oil,canvas
Farm in Normandy 1859 - 1860 oil,canvas
Getting out of Bed 1885 - 1886 oil,canvas
Getting Up 1885 - 1886 oil,canvas
Girl and Child on the Grass 1875
Girl gathering cherries 1891 oil,canvas
Girl in a Boat, with Geese 1889 oil,canvas
Girl Playing the Mandolin 1890 oil,canvas
Girl with Dog 1886 oil,canvas
Girl with Dog 1892 oil,canvas
Girl with Greyhound 1893 watercolor
The Artist's Sister at a Window 1869 oil,canvas
The Artist's Sister Edma with Her Daughter Jeanne 1872 watercolor
The Banks of the Seine 1894 watercolor
The Bath 1885 - 1886 oil,canvas
The Bath at Mesnil 1892 oil,canvas
The Bath (Girl Arranging Her Hair) 1886 oil,canvas
The beach at Nice 1882 oil,canvas
The Beach at Petit Dalles (aka On the Beach) 1873 oil,canvas
The Black Finger Bandage 1894 oil,canvas
The Blue Vase 1888 oil,canvas
Young Woman Sewing in the Garden 1883 oil,canvas
Young Woman Watering a Shrub 1883 oil,canvas
Young Woman with a Straw Hat 1884 oil,canvas
Girl with Shuttlecock (also known as Jeanne Bonnet) 1888 pastel
Griffon dog's head, Follette 1882 oil,canvas
Hanging the Laundry out to Dry 1875 oil,canvas
Harbor in the Port of Fecamp 1874 pastel
Haying at Mezy 1891 oil,canvas
Haystack 1883 oil,canvas
Haystacks at Bougival 1883 oil,canvas
Hide and Seek 1873 oil,canvas
In a Park c.1874 pastel,paper
In a Villa at the Seaside 1874 oil,canvas
The Bowl of Milk 1890 oil,canvas
The Butterfly Hunt 1874 oil,canvas
The Cage 1885 oil,canvas
The Cherry Picker 1891 oil,canvas
The Cherry Tree (study) 1891 watercolor
The Cheval Glass 1876 oil,canvas
The Cradle 1872 oil,canvas
The Fable 1883 oil,canvas
The Flageolet 1890 oil,canvas
The Garden at Bougival 1884 oil,canvas
Interior 1872 oil,canvas
In the Bois de Boulogne 1879 oil,canvas
In the Dining Room c.1875 oil,canvas
In the Garden c.1885 oil,canvas
In the Wheatfield at Gennevilliers 1875 oil,canvas
Jeanne Pontillon Wearing a Hat 1893 pastel
Jeannie Gobillard 1894 oil,canvas
Jeannie's Head (Tete de Jeannie) 1888 oil,canvas
Julie and Eugene Manet 1883 oil,canvas
Julie and Her Boat 1884 watercolor
The Goose 1885 oil,canvas
The Hairdresser 1894 oil,canvas
The Harbor at Lorient 1869 oil,canvas
The Isle of Wight 1875 oil,canvas
The Lesson in the Garden 1886 oil,canvas
The Little Girl from Nice, Celestine 1889 oil,canvas
The Little Maid Servant 1886 oil,canvas
The Little Windmill at Gennevilliers 1875 oil,canvas
The Mandolin 1889 oil,canvas
The Old Track to Auvers 1863 oil,canvas
Julie Daydreaming 1894 oil,canvas
Julie Listening 1888 oil,canvas
Julie Manet and her Greyhound Laerte 1893 oil,canvas
Julie Manet and her Nurse 1880 oil,canvas
Julie Manet, Reading in a Chaise Lounge 1890 watercolor
Julie Manet with a Budgie 1890 oil,canvas
Julie Manet with a straw hat 1892 oil,canvas
Julie Playing a Violin 1893 oil,canvas
Julie with Pasie in the Garden at Bougival 1881 oil,canvas
Julie Writing 1884 pastel
The Orange Picker 1889 pastel
The Orange Picker 1889 oil,canvas
The Piano 1889 pastel
The Port of Nice 1882 oil,canvas
The Port of Nice 1881 - 1882 oil,canvas
The Quay at Bougival 1883 oil,canvas
The Reclining Shepherdess 1891 oil,canvas
The red blouse 1885 oil,canvas
The Rouart's Dining Room 1880 oil,canvas
The seamstress Sun
Lady with a Parasol Sitting in a Park 1885 watercolor
Landscape at Gennevilliers 1875 oil,canvas
Landscape near Valenciennes 1875 oil,canvas
Landscape of Creuse 1882 oil,canvas
Little Dancer 1885 oil,canvas
Little Girl at Mesnil 1892 oil,canvas
Little Girl in a Garden 1884 oil,canvas
Little Girls in the Garden 1885 oil,canvas
Little Girl Sitting on the Grass 1882 watercolor
Little Girl with a Blue Jersey 1886 pastel,canvas
The Seine at Bougival 1884 oil,canvas
The Seine below the Pont d'Lena 1866 oil,canvas
The Sewing Lesson (aka The Artist's Daughter, Julie, with Her Nanny) 1884 oil,canvas
The Tuileries 1885 watercolor
The Violin 1893 pastel
The Wet Nurse Angele Feeding Julie Manet 1880 oil,canvas
Tureen And Apple 1877 oil,canvas
Two Nymphs Embracing 1892 oil,canvas
Two Sisters on a Couch 1869 oil,canvas
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (after Boucher) 1883 - 1884 oil,canvas
Little Girl with a Doll 1886 oil,canvas
Little Girl with Blond Hair 1883 oil,canvas
Lucie Leon at the Piano 1892 oil,canvas
Luncheon in the Countryside 1879 watercolor
Madame Albine Sermicola in the Studio 1889 oil,canvas
Marcel Gobillard 1880
Miss Reynolds 1884 oil,canvas
Mme Boursier and Her Daughter 1873 oil,canvas
On a Bench 1889 oil,canvas
On the Balcony of Eugene Manet's Room at Bougival 1881 oil,canvas
View of Tivoli (after Corot) 1863 oil,canvas
View of Paris from the Trocadero 1871 - 1872 oil,canvas
Villa with Orange Trees, Nice 1882 oil,canvas
Willows in the Garden at Bougival 1884 oil,canvas
Winter (aka Woman with a Muff) 1880 oil,canvas
Woman and Child 1894 pastel
Woman and Child in a Garden 1883 - 1884 oil,canvas
Woman and child on the balcony 1872 pencil,watercolor,paper
Woman and Child Seated in a Meadow 1871 watercolor
Woman Hanging out the Wash 1881 oil,canvas
Aboard a Yacht 1875 watercolor
A Corner of the Rose Garden 1885 oil,canvas
After Luncheon 1881 oil,canvas
At the Ball 1875 oil,canvas
At the Beach in Nice 1882 pencil,watercolor
At the Exposition Palace pastel
Autumn in the Bois de Boulogne c.1884 watercolor
On the Beach at Portrieux 1894 oil,canvas
On the Cliff at Portrieux 1894 oil,canvas
On the Lake in the Bois de Boulogne 1884 oil,canvas
On the Sofa 1871 watercolor
On the Terrace 1874 oil,canvas
Pasie sewing in Bougival's Garden 1881 oil,canvas
Paule Gobillard 1887 oil,canvas
Playing in the Sand 1882 oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman in a pink dress c.1870 oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Girl 1870 - 1880 oil,canvas
Woman in a Garden 1882 - 1883 oil,canvas
Woman in Black 1878 oil,canvas
Woman Wearing Gloves (aka The Parisian) 1885 oil,canvas
Woman with a Child in a Boat 1892 oil,canvas
Woman with a Fan (aka Head of a Girl) 1876 oil,canvas
Women and Little Girls in a Natural Setting oil,canvas
Young Girl and the Budgie 1888 oil,canvas
Young girl boating 1884 oil,canvas
Young girl in a ball gown 1879 oil,canvas
Young Girl in White 1891 oil,canvas
A Young Girl with Cat 1889
Bather 1891 oil,canvas
Rosbras, Brittany 1866 - 1867 oil,canvas
Roses 1894 oil,canvas
Roses Tremieres (Hollyhocks) 1884 oil,canvas
Young Girl with Doll 1883 oil,canvas
Young Girl with Doll 1884 oil,canvas
Young Lady Seated on a Bench 1864 watercolor
Young Woman 1871 oil,canvas
Young Woman and Child, Avenue du Bois 1876 oil,canvas
Young Woman and Child on an Isle 1883
Young Woman at the Mirror 1880 oil,canvas
Young Woman Holding a Dog in Her Arms 1892 pastel
Young Woman in a Blue Blouse 1889 pastel
Young Woman in a Blue Blouse 1891 oil,canvas
Before the Mirror 1890 oil,canvas
Beneath the Lilac at Maurecourt 1874 oil,canvas
Boating on the Lake 1892 oil,canvas
Boat on the Quay 1875 watercolor,paper
Boats - Entry to the Medina in the Isle of Wight 1875 watercolor,paper
Boats on the Seine c.1880 oil,canvas
Boats under Construction 1874 oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Lady 1878 oil,canvas
Portrait of Berthe Morisot and Her Daughter 1885 oil,canvas
Portrait of Edma Pontillon 1871 oil,canvas
Portrait of Julie 1889 pastel
Portrait of Madame Hubbard 1874 oil,canvas
Portrait of Marcel c.1880 pastel
Portrait of Marguerite Carre (also known as Young Girl in a Ball Gown) 1873 oil,canvas
Portrait of Paule Gobillard 1884 oil,canvas
Portrait of the Artist's Daughter, Julie Manet, at Gorey 1886 pastel
Portrait of the Artist's Mother and Sister 1869 - 1870 oil,canvas
Young Girl Leaning on her Elbow 1887 chalk,paper
Young girl lying 1893 oil,canvas
Young Girl Putting on Her Stockings oil,canvas
Young Girl Resting 1894 oil,canvas
Young Girls at the Window 1892 oil,canvas
Young Girl with a Bird 1891 oil,canvas
Young Girl with a Fan 1893 oil,canvas
Young Girl with an Umbrella 1893 oil,canvas
Young Girl with a Parrot c.1873 pastel
Young Girl with Cat 1892 oil,canvas
Boulogne Wood watercolor
Bust of Alice Gamby 1890 oil,canvas
By the Water 1879 watercolor
Calvary (after Veronese) 1858 oil,canvas
Carriage in the Bois de Boulogne c.1889 watercolor
Child in Bed 1884 pastel
Child in the Rose Garden 1881 oil,canvas
Child Playing in the Garden 1882 pastel
Children at the Basin 1886 oil,canvas
Child with a Red Apron 1886 oil,canvas
Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Mme Edma Pontillon, c.1872-75 c.1872 - c.1875 oil,canvas
Portrait of Two Children 1893 oil,canvas
Profile of a seated young woman 1879 oil,canvas
Reading 1888 oil,canvas
Reading with Green Umbrella 1873 oil,canvas
Red haired girl sitting on a veranda 1884 oil,canvas
Rosalie Reisener 1866 watercolor
Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight 1875 oil,canvas
Before the Theatre c.1875 oil,canvas
Portrait De Mademoiselle M.t. c. 1873 Pastel On Paper
In the Garden at Maurecourt 1884 Oil on Canvas
Marine 1869 Oil on Canvas
La hotte (The Basket-Chair) 1885 Oil on Canvas
Cache-cache 1873 Oil on Canvas
Le berceau 1872 Oil on Canvas
La lecture 1869-1870 Oil on Canvas
Peasant Hanging out the Washing 1881 Oil on Canvas
Un village 1873 Pastel on Paper
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