商品簡介
A detailed and highly personal account of the life and works of one of the most influential female Impressionist painters: Berthe Morisot. Berthe Morisot won over the Impressionists with her talent and became the first woman of the group alongside Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley. Likewise, she was heralded by the greatest writers of her time; in this tribute to her, an anthology of citations from Paul Valry, Stphane Mallarm, and Jean Cocteau offers an intimate portrait of the artist and her work. Morisots paintings demonstrate how far ahead of her time she was when she created them, pioneering a new style of painting. However, she was underestimated for more than a century―most probably because she was a woman. Including previously unpublished correspondence with key members of the Impressionist movement, this text focuses on the important stages of Morisots career, including
作者簡介
Jean-Dominique Rey, art historian and writer, has curated numerous exhibitions and published several essays and books including Monet Water Lilies (Flammarion, 2008). Sylvie Patry is Deputy Director for Collections & Exhibitions and Gund Family Chief Curator of the Barnes Foundation.