Monday, October 21, 2019

Berthe Morisot: Impressionist Original

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
 October 20, 2019–January 12, 2020
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• Berthe Morisot: Impressionist Original highlights Berthe Morisot’s approach to portraiture, her focus on the life of women in 19th-century Paris, and her role as one of the founding members of the Impressionist group.



Berthe Morisot, At the Ball (Au bal), 1876, oil on canvas, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, gift of Victorine Donop de Monchy.





Berthe Morisot, Woman with a Fan (Femme à l’éventail), 1876, oil on canvas, private collection

 

Berthe Morisot, Young Woman (Jeune femme), 1871, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Audrey Jones Beck Accessions