Woman in a Garden
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
1882–83
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
This work was probably begun in the summer of 1882, when Berthe Morisot and her family rented a house in Bougival, a picturesque village along the Seine River in northern France. Morisot spent the season there with her husband, Eugène Manet (artist Édouard Manet's brother), and their nearly four-year-old daughter, Julie. The child wearing a straw hat in the background of this painting is likely based on Julie, while the identity of the main figure is unknown.
Morisot applied paint as if she were making a landscape in the Impressionist style, slashing acid green pigments and bluish ochers across the canvas to transcribe the effects of dappled sunlight without differentiating between the strokes used for the figure and setting.
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
- Date
- 1882–83
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Origin
- France
- Style
- Impressionism
- Collection
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe, Women artists
- Reference
- 1999.363 · Art Institute of Chicago