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Berthe Morisot and her Circle from the Collection of Mme. Ernest Rouart, August 21-September 20, 1953

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Scope and Contents

An exhibition of paintings by French Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot and her circle of friends, including her brother-in-law Edouard Manet, as well as Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, from the collection of the artist’s daughter Julie Manet (Madame Ernest Rouart.) The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts put on an accompanying exhibition of prints.
The exhibition records span seven folders and include an exhibition description, circuit information, planning correspondence, future exhibition correspondence, general correspondence, registration receipts, and shipping information. A copy of the exhibition catalog is in the catalog collection. Object photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph collection.

Dates

  • Creation: August 21-September 20, 1953

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.

Biographical / Historical

Berthe Morisot was a French Impressionist painter. In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Sponsored by the government and judged by Academicians, the Salon was the official, annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons until, 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. It was held at the studio of the photographer Nadar. Morisot went on to participate in all but one of the following eight impressionist exhibitions, between 1874 and 1886. Morisot was married to Eugène Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Édouard Manet. She was described by art critic Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" (The three great ladies) of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthe_Morisot

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span seven folders plus a catalog and photographs.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

An exhibition of paintings by French Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot and her circle of friends, from the collection of the artist’s daughter Julie Manet. The exhibition records span seven folders plus a catalog and photographs.

Arrangement

The materials are separated by content and type and organized chronologically.

Related Exhibitions

Legion of Honor: Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs by Henri Matisse and his Contemporaries (1926)
Legion of Honor: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Vincent van Gogh (1936)
de Young: Masters of the School of Paris (1940)
Legion of Honor: Nineteenth Century French Painters (1943)
Legion of Honor: From Gericault to Renoir: Original Etchings and Lithographs (1943)
Legion of Honor: Paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir: An Exhibition Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Opening of the Museum (1944)
Legion of Honor: Study Exhibition: The Work of Auguste Renoir (1945)
Legion of Honor: French Masters from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (1948)
Legion of Honor: Nineteenth Century Paintings from the Collection of Mr. Arthur Sachs (1950)
Legion of Honor: Prints by Berthe Morisot and Her Contemporaries (1953)
Legion of Honor: French Impressionist Paintings from the Museum's Collections (1953)
Legion of Honor: Thirty-five French Paintings of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (1955)
Legion of Honor: 19th Century French Paintings from the Museum's Collection (1957)
Legion of Honor: The Andre J. Kahn Collection of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century French Paintings (1958)
Legion of Honor: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce (1959)
de Young: Masterpieces by French Impressionists from the Grover A. and Jeanne Magnin Collection and Paintings by the Magnins (1961)
Legion of Honor: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce (1961)
Legion of Honor: The Collection of Henry P. McIlhenny (1962)
Legion of Honor: Claude Monet (1974)
de Young: The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886 (1986)
Monet: Late Paintings of Giverny from the Musee Marmottan (1995)
Legion of Honor: Monet in Normandy (2006)
Legion of Honor: Women Impressionists: Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, Marie Bracquemond, (2008)
Legion of Honor: Monet: The Early Years (2017)
de Young: Monet: The Late Years (2019)

Separated Materials

The exhibition catalog is housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalog collection in box 3. Object photograph prints and negatives are housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Photograph collection in box 15.

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives Repository

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