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Reading by Morisot
An 1869-70 oil on canvas painting, Reading, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. The two women are Morisot's mother Cornélie (on the right) and sister Edma (left). Morisot's friend, the artist Edouard Manet (1832-1883), made several adjustments to Cornélie's dress – not perhaps coincidentally, black was Manet's favourite colour. The work was shown in the 1870 Paris Salon. (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
Bibliography
- Howard, Michael. Encyclopedia of Impressionism. Thunder Bay Pr, 1997.
- Roe, Sue. The Private Lives of the Impressionists. Harper Perennial, 2007.
- Rubin, James H & Lablanche, Dominique & Manss, Thomas. Impressionism A&I . Phaidon Press, 1999.
- Thomson, Belinda. Impressionism. Thames & Hudson, 2022.
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