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Women ImpressionistsBerthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond
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Berthe Morisot is the only French woman most closely associated with Impressionism. Thanks largely to her friendship with Édouard Manet many assume he helped her. Their relationship was symbiotic. Eventually she married Manet's brother Eugène. |
Corot introduced Morisot to the idea of painting outside and she was the one that largely influenced Manet to work en plein air.
Mary Cassatt
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American Mary Cassatt favored capturing the unique bond between mother and children in her work. Her friendship with Edgar Degas led to her meeting and exhibiting with the other Impressionists. |
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Cassatt hailed from Allegheny City which is now part of Pittsburgh. She was distantly related to Robert Henri.
Title: Two Sisters, 1896
Artist: Mary Cassatt (American 1844-1926)
Medium: Pastel
Dimensions: 37.4 x 53.5 cm
Private Collection: courtesy of D. Nisinson Fine Art
Image Courtesy: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Cassatt had found some success exhibiting at the Parisian Salon. In 1877 all of her submitted works were refused prohibiting her from inclusion in the prestigious show. It was a great shock to her. Degas arranged for her to exhibit with the impressionists, a group who had found the Salon not accepting of their style.
Eva Gonzalès
Title: Au Bord de l'eau / By Water, 1871-1872
Artist: Eva Gonzales (French 1849-1883)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.9 x 35.7 cm
Permanent Collection: Belvedere, Wien (Vienna)
Image Courtesy: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Eva Gonzalèz was the daughter of noted French writer Emmanuel Gonzalèz. Eva was a student of and model for Édouard Manet. Art and creativity were part of her life virtually from birth. Her mother was a successful musician. The Gonzalèz salon was a haven for writers such as Philippe Jourde and Théodore de Banville.
Title: Un Loge aux Italiens/ An Italian Lodge, c. 1874
Artist: Eva Gonzalèz (French 1849-1883)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 98 x 130 cm
Permanent Collection: bpk / RMN / Musée d’Orsay / Hervé Lewandowski
Image Courtesy: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Like Manet, Eva Gonzalèz never actually exhibited any works with the Impressionists. Through her style she is considered to be an Impressionist artist.
Marie Bracquemond
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It was Claude Monet who has a strong influence on Marie Bracquemond. Born Marie Quiveron she married Felix Bracquemond who himself was an artist. Unfortunately he was unsympathetic and jealous of his wife's talent. |
Marie Bracquemond often selected her own garden as subject matter. She has been described as one of the three great ladies of Impressionist along with the better known Cassatt and Morisot.
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Her husband's studied and constant criticism led her to eventually abandon her artistic career; by 1890 she ceased painting all together. Particularly galling was the idioms to which Felix so objected: en plein air painting and loose techniques. These were hallmarks of Impressionism. Felix Bracquemond exhibited with the adherts of these ideals, three times, in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1879, 1880 and 1886. |
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Frankfurt's Schirn Kunsthalle acknowledged and honors the contributions of the female impressionists with this exhibit showcasing the works of Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond.
Women Impressionists
Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt:
February 22 – June 1, 2008
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco:
June 21 - September 21 2008.