Berthe Morisot

French, Bourges 1841–1895 Paris

Berthe Morisot, a French artist born in Bourges in 1841 and active in Paris until her death in 1895, is closely associated with Impressionism, though her prints reveal a quieter, more intimate register. Her graphic work centers on drypoint, capturing domestic scenes, animals, and tender portraits of family life with delicate, sketch-like lines. This archive gathers eleven of her works, predominantly drypoint on wove paper alongside a few on laid paper, plus a watercolor and an oil painting. The sheets span 1870 to 1894, with impressions up to that period reflecting her sustained engagement with printmaking.

11 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

A Woman Seated at a Bench on the Avenue du Bois

1885 · Watercolor over traces of graphite

Landscape (Tree-trunks near a River)

1888 · Drypoint

Goose

1889 · Drypoint on wove paper

Swan and Duck, with Portraits of Julie

1889 · Drypoint on wove paper

Duck and Reeds

1889 · Drypoint on wove paper

Seated Nude Seen from Behind

1889 · Drypoint on wove paper

The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot and her Daughter)

1889 · Drypoint on wove paper

Young Girl with a Cat, after a portrait of Julie Manet by Renoir

1889 · Drypoint on laid paper

Young Woman Reclining

1889 · Drypoint on wove paper

The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935)

ca. 1870 · Oil on canvas

Study for "Young Girl in a Green Coat"

ca. 1894 · Pencil on polished buff laid paper