Paintings Like The Cradle By Berthe Morisot

“Real painters understand with a brush in their hand”, is said by Berthe Morisot (Brainy Quote). Berthe Morisot was an impressionist and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the impressionists. Berthe Morisot was born on January 14, 1841 in Bourges, France. Berthe Morisot 's father was a high-ranking government official and her grandfather was the influential Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard. She and her sister Edma began painting as young girls. Despite the fact that as women they were not allowed to join official arts institutions, the sisters earned respect in art circles for their talent. Berthe and Edma went to Paris to study under experienced painters such as Joseph Guichard and also studied with landscape

Her paintings reflect the 19th-century cultural restrictions of her class and gender. She avoided urban and street scenes and seldom painted the nude figure. Like her fellow Impressionist Mary Cassatt, she focused on domestic life and portraits in which she could use family and personal friends as models, including her daughter Julie and sister Edma. Prior to the 1860s, Morisot painted subjects in line with the Barbizon school before turning to scenes of contemporary femininity. Paintings like The Cradle (1872), in which she depicted current trends for nursery furniture, reflect her sensitivity to fashion and advertising, both of which would have been apparent to her female audience (Wikipedia). I personally love her painting “The cradle”, it is definitely more appealing to the female audience. I think she love landscape painting more and was very focused on that more than anything. Her works also include landscapes, portraits, garden settings and boating scenes. Later in her career Morisot worked with more ambitious themes, such as nudes. Corresponding with Morisot 's interest in nude subjects, Morisot also began to focus more on preliminary drawings, completing many dry points, charcoal, and color pencil drawings