Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a French Impressionist painter.
Born in Bourges, Cher, France into a successful bourgeois family who encouraged her and her sister Edma Morisot in their exploration of art, she demonstrated the possibilities for women artists in avant-garde art movements at the end of the 19th century. Once Morisot settled on pursuing art, her family did not impede her career.
The Women Impressionists: A sourcebook
Russell T Clement, The Women Impressionists: A Sourcebook, Art reference collection no. 24 (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2000).
