The Artist's Sister at a Window

Berthe Morisot was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. In 1874, she joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Morisot went on to participate in all but one of the following eight Impressionist exhibitions, between 1874 and 1886. In her private life, she was married to Eugène Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Édouard Manet. 

Here Morisot presented one of her sisters, Edma. Edma is seen seated at a chair near an open window and shown to be thinking deeply about something. She is seen to stare at a Japanese fan, but is her focus there? With the muted colors used by Morisot, it is a clear indication of a reflective mood.

P.S. Speaking of family ... Read how Morisot's daughter, Julie Manet, became an Impressionist muse for her mother, uncle, and many more. <3

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