French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris · 419 works on DiscoverArt
Manet painted her over and over, and you can feel it in this one — the confidence of painting a face you know by heart. The muff is barely there but her expression is everything.
Diana Moss · ♥ 4 · on Berthe Morisot with a Muff →
She was a serious painter herself — one of the original Impressionists. I only learned that recently and now I cannot look at portraits of her the same way.
Alice Kim · ♥ 2 · on Berthe Morisot with a Muff →
The backstory gets me. She married his brother, and art history has been raising an eyebrow ever since. Whatever the truth was, the paintings hold the charge.
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