Art-Related Movement: Berth Morisot

Impressionism is an art-related movement which originated from Paris in the 1874 by a group of painters. The movement originated from the ideas of a group of Paris based painters who displayed their talent through exhibitions and other artistic programs. Impressionism was also subject to criticism by other French artistic communities. Many women impressionists were also involved in artistic work (Bondil 2012). These are as follows
Berth Morisot
Berth Morisot was a female impressionist painter. She pertained to the French origin and her paintings showed insights of landscapes, scenes relating to domestic live and also portraits. The painter was born in the year 1841 in Bourges, France. Her affection towards painting was at a very young age.
Her husband was regarded as a very successful person in those years and due to these reasons she is less spoken of. Marie Quivoron, Brittany was the place she was born in 1840. Her impressions was hugely similar to the cultural aspects of other women impressionists. Her work depicted prosperity and stability. Her family life was regarded as instable as her father was ship captain who died shortly after her birth. Her art lessons was taught by a traditional painter who was known to be a common individual giving painting lessons to the common folk. Her first impression depicting her mother and sister was accepted by the Ingres Studio. She later on left the studio and worked her way through commissions involving the government. She married Felix Bracquemond and this relationship was regarded as inseparable. After 1870, she worked together with her husband in the Havilland Studio designing plates and tile panels. Her husband was given the responsibility of artistic director. Her husband introduced her to other painters and this led to a complete change in her style of painting. She made impressions which hugely depicted outdoor styles and altered her intensity of using colors. She participated in many art exhibitions of 1878 and 1880 and few of her designs was exhibited in the La Vie Moderne. She even exhibited creative impressions in the Dudley Gallery of London in the year 1881. As per her son Pierre Bracquemond, the relationship with her husband was very stern and ignorant. Her husband ignored her creative works and refused to publicize her paintings to visitors. He rejected her style of work completely as she decided to limit her time in impressions. In her later years, she started her private work and one her last paintings is known to be The Artist’s