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In the Dining Room by Morisot
An 1886 oil on canvas painting, In the Dining Room, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. The subject is Pasie, the artist's maid and nanny of her daughter. Morisot often captured informal scenes, as here, where the smiling maid seems interrupted in a task. The dog gives another element of everyday domesticity in a light-filled room where objects are given variations of precision in form. This work was shown in the 1886 Impressionists Exhibition in Paris. (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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