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Morisot

American  
[maw-ree-zoh] / mɔ riˈzoʊ /

noun

  1. Berthe 1841–95, French Impressionist painter.


Morisot British  
/ morizo /

noun

  1. Berthe (bɛrtə). 1841–95, French impressionist painter; noted for her studies of women and children

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Not for him were the depictions of the lives and leisure of the wealthy or the bourgeoisie favored by Renoir, Cassatt and Morisot.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was educational — though I didn’t fact-check — weaving in the stories of artists considered revolutionary in their time, like Morisot, Monet and Degas.

From Salon

Their work has been seen as reflecting their vastly different personas—Manet the dashing, witty, impetuous flâneur; Morisot the reserved, intelligent and exceedingly decorous bourgeoise—through the lens of their separate worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Manet & Morisot,” a show of 45 works currently installed at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor and organized by Emily A. Beeny, the museum’s chief curator, finally captures—in stunning, revisionist form—the richness of that evolving artistic exchange and its seminal place in art history.

From The Wall Street Journal

The two artists met at the Louvre in about 1865, and the show opens with a gallery of portraits Manet painted of Morisot shortly thereafter.

From The Wall Street Journal