Room 183

Berthe Morisot

1841–1895, France, Impressionism

In 1874 Morisot exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition – the only woman to do so. Her quick, airy brushwork and her view of women’s lives make her a central voice of the movement.

All works

• The Sisters
• The Harbor at Lorient
• The Mother and Sister of the Artist
• Hanging the Laundry out to Dry
• The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet
• Peonies
• The Artist's Sister at a Window
• In the Dining Room
• Young Girl with an Apron
• Girl in a Boat with Geese
• Young Woman with a Straw Hat
• Lake with Rowboat
• Swans at Stagnant Water
• Ducks at Rest on the Bank
• Walk in the Boulogne Wood
• Nude
• Rest
• Nue de dos
• The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot and her Daughter Julie Manet)
• The Artist’s Sister Edma Seated on a Bench
• At the Edge of the Forest (Edma and Jeanne)
• Spring Landscape
• Girl Seated
• Landscape