The core woman painter of Impressionism, painter of the private world of women
One of the core members of Impressionism and the most important woman painter in the circle. In an age when women were shut out of the studio and public life, she turned her gaze to the world she could reach: the boudoir, the garden, mothers and children, women at their toilette. Her light, quick touch and fresh tones brought Impressionism a distinctive, intimate, and delicate point of view.
Morisot could not paint cafés and bars — in her time a respectable woman could not go alone to the places the male painters frequented. So she turned the limit into a strength, focusing on the private daily life of women. She proved that a world fenced in by walls can bloom into the most moving art all the same.
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