![]() ![]() “It’s not that something was launched by the other artists and continued by Morisot,” said Sylvie Patry, chief curator at the Orsay and consulting curator at the Barnes. She participated in all but one of their eight shows from 1874–86 and was highly touted for her originality. Why does her popularity lag so far behind that of artists in Impressionism’s boys’ club, who seem to have blockbuster exhibitions every year? It’s not because she was a second-tier artist. With sixty-eight paintings from forty-eight sources-more than half of them private collections-the exhibition focuses on portraits and figure paintings of women and young girls, the bulk of Morisot’s production. ![]() It debuted at the Musée National des beaux-arts du Québec this summer after it closes at the Barnes, the show travels to the Dallas Museum of Art, then concludes its run at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris next year. ![]() “Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist” is co-organized by four venues. ![]()
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