Berthe Morisot
In Our Time: Culture
Morisso's Influence on Impressionism
In Morisso's situation, if you're middle-class, she needed to have unofficial connections and go through unofficial channels. She belongs to a wealthy family who has connections, but really it's through the manes. So where he paints black, she paints white. And what about his brother whom she eventually married? Oh, yes. He's the key piece in the puzzle, because she marries his younger brother, Uj'en. There are three brothers, this, it's a war. It's a sort of dance, isn't he? The painter is definitely influenced by the Impressionist, by Manet, but she takes it in a different direction.
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