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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Dancers resting 1879 by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA, 1879

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The wet nurse by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot!

What a unique composition: a woman breastfeeding the child of the woman painting her!

private collection, Washington, DC, 1880

Monday, March 25, 2019

The reading by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet!

Dominated by white, the painting shows Manet's "stepson" Léon Leenhoff reading to Manet's wife, Suzanne (Leenhoff). Like Victorine Meurent, here Suzanne is staring right at you -- or is she looking at her husband and wondering what she's gotten herself into.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1869

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The dance lesson 1879 by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!


Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA, 1879

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Three portraits of Paule Gobillard by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot!

Paule Gobillard (1867-1946) was the daughter of Yves and Theodore Gobillard, and the niece of Berthe Morisot (Yves was Berthe's older sister). Paule would become an accomplished post-impressionist painter, note her painting or perhaps copying in the top image, and would eventually become a full member of the Salon (1906).

Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France, 1887
1884
private collection, 1887

Monday, March 18, 2019

The street singer by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet!

The controversial roles typically played by Manet's favorite model Victorine Meurent (once again), are toned down here in a rather enigmatic pose having to do with cherries and a guitar.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA, 1862

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

The dance studio 1878 by Degas

Wednesdays with Edgar Degas!

private collection, 1878

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The cheval glass by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot!

Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland, 1876

Monday, March 11, 2019

Mery Laurent by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet!

Mery Laurent (1849-1900) in "Woman in furs":

1882

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

Two dancers 1880 by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!

National Gallery, London, UK, c. 1880

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Summer's day by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot!

National Gallery, London, UK, 1879

Monday, March 04, 2019

Spring and Autumn by Manet

"Spring," also known as "study of Jeanne Demarsy" by Manet. Demarsy (1865-1937) was an actress and sometime model for the impressionistes.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1882
"Autumn," also known as "study of Mery Laurent" (1849-1900). Like Demarsy, she, too, was an actress and sometime model for Manet.

The Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, France, 1882