Berthe Morisot
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+ | '''Berthe Morisot''' ([[January 14]], [[1841]] – [[March 2]], [[1895]]) was a [[painter]] and a member of the circle of painters in [[Paris]] who became known as the [[Impressionists]]. | ||
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+ | In [[1864]], she exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed [[Paris Salon|Salon de Paris]]. Sponsored by the government, and judged by [[academician]]s, the Salon was the official, annual [[art exhibition|exhibition]] of the [[Académie des beaux-arts]] in Paris. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons<ref>Denvir, 2000, pp. 29-79.</ref> until, in [[1874]], she joined the ''"rejected"'' Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which was founded by [[Cézanne]], [[Edgar Degas|Degas]], [[Monet]], Morisot, [[Pissarro]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]], and [[Alfred Sisley|Sisley]]. It was held at the [[studio]] of the [[photographer]] [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]]. | ||
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+ | She became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleague, [[Édouard Manet]], when she married his brother, Eugène. | ||
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Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
In 1864, she exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Sponsored by the government, and judged by academicians, the Salon was the official, annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons<ref>Denvir, 2000, pp. 29-79.</ref> until, in 1874, she joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which was founded by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. It was held at the studio of the photographer Nadar.
She became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleague, Édouard Manet, when she married his brother, Eugène.