Title: Berthe Morisot /
Authors: Higonnet, Anne, 1959-
Publisher: Harper & Row,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Morisot, Berthe,; Artists France Biography.
Abstract: A biography of the French woman Impressionist.
Contents: I. Formation 1841-1868 -- Family background, 1841-1857 -- First lessons, 1857-1867 -- Contacts, 1859-1867 -- II. Decisions 1868-1871 -- Encounters and partings, 1868-1869 -- Alternatives, 1869-1871 -- Political crisis, 1870-1871 -- III. Alliances, 1872-1874 -- Personal crisis, 1870-1872 -- Resolutions, 1872-1874 -- Joining the impressionist movement, 1873-1874 -- The first impressionist exhibition, 1874 -- Eugene Manet -- IV. Alliance, 1875-1878 -- Artistic events -- A new bond -- Impressionism comes of age -- Fulfillment, 1878-1883 -- V. Endurance, 1883-1895 -- Loss, 1883-1886 -- La Grande Dame de la Peinture, 1884-1891 -- Art closer to home and farther abroad, 1885-1891 -- Bereavement and acclaim, 1892-1894 -- Summation, 1895.