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Berthe Morisot

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Artist

The Resume

    (January 14, 1841-March 2, 1895)
    Born in Bourges, France
    Impressionist painter
    Sister-in-law of Edouard Manet
    Paintings include 'The Cradle' (1872), 'Reading' (1872), 'Lady at Her Toilette' (1875), 'Edouard Manet on the Isle of Wight' (1875), 'Summer Day' (1879), 'Woman with a Muff' (1880), 'Child Among the Hollyhocks' (1881) and 'Girl Arranging Her Hair' (1886)

Why she might be annoying:

    She confined her paintings to the back room of her house so she could be a conventional society hostess in the front parlor.
    She suffered periods of depression and self-doubt.
    She made catty remarks about Manet's stout wife.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Unlike most of her fellow Impressionists, her paintings had been regularly accepted at the establishment Salon exhibitions.
    After the critic for the newspaper 'Figaro' dismissed the Impressionists as lunatics, he admitted that Morisot 'manages to convey a certain degree of feminine grace in spite of her outbursts of delirium.'
    Her portrait 'After Lunch' sold for $10.9 million at Christie's, setting a record as the most expensive work by a female artist sold at auction (2013).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 78 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying