Art Appreciation Lecture Series 2014 Realism to Surrealism: European art and culture Impressionist Women Lorraine Kypiotis 7/8 May 2014

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1 Art Appreciation Lecture Series 2014 Realism to Surrealism: European art and culture Lecture summary: Impressionist Women Lorraine Kypiotis 7/8 May 2014 Despite Academic restrictions and social pressures in the 19 th century, women such as Berthe Morisot ( ), Eva Gonzales ( ) and Mary Cassat ( ) were able to forge successful careers as painters within the avant-garde group known as the Impressionists. They exhibited in both the Salon and the Impressionist shows with Berthe Morisot taking part in all the Impressionist exhibitions except for 1879, the year she gave birth to her daughter. Though their upper-class status prevented them from frequenting the Parisian café-concerts and dance halls so often celebrated by their male colleagues, they did have access to everyday subjects of middle-class leisure and domesticity that became the staples of many of the Impressionists works. Slide list: 1. Marie Bashkirtseff, Self-Portrait with a Palette (1880) Oil on canvas. Musee des Beaux Arts, Nice 2. Marie Bashkirtseff, In the Studio (1881)Oil on canvas cm. Dnipropetrovsk State Art Museum, Ukraine 3. Berthe Morisot La Berceuse (The Cradle) 1872 Oil on canvas, 56x46 cm Musée d'orsay 4. Berthe Morisot, Study - The Water's Edge. (1864) Oil on canvas. 60x73.4 cm. Private coll. 5. Edma Morisot, Berthe Painting (aged 24) Oil on Canvas. Private Collection 6. Mary Cassatt, Self-portrait (c.1880) Watercolour on paper. NGA, Washingon, DC. 7. Berthe Morisot, Self-Portrait (c1885) Oil on Canvas.50 x 61cm. Musée Marmottan, Paris 8. Morisot, View from the Balcony (1871) Oil on Canvas. Private Collection 9. * Morisot, View from the Trocadero ( ) Oil on Canvas. 46.1x81.5 cm Santa Barbara Museum of Art 10. Morisot, The Old track to Auvers (1863) Oil on canvas, 31x45cm. Private Collection 11. Morisot, Refuge in Normandy, (1865) Oil on canvas, 18.1x21.7cm Private Collection 12. Morisot, The Green Parasol (1873) Oil on Canvas. 46 x 71.8cm. Cleveland Museum of Art 13. Manet, Le Repos (1870) Oil on Canvas x114cm. Rhode Island School of Design 14. Manet, Portrait of Morisot with Violets, (1872) Oil on Canvas. 55x40cm.. Musée d'orsay 15. Manet, Berthe Morisot with a Fan (1872) Oil on Canvas 60 x 45 cm. Musée d'orsay 16. Manet, Berthe Morisot Reclining (1873) Oil on Canvas 26x34cm. Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris 17. Manet, Violets (1872) Oil on Canvas. 27x22cm. Private Collection 18. Manet, Le Balcon (c ) Oil on canvas.170x124.5cm.musée d'orsay 19. Morisot, Mother and Sister of the Artist ( ) Oil on Canvas 101 x 81.8cm. NGA Washington DC. 20. Morisot, Harbour at Lorient (1869) Oil on Canvas 43.5 x 73 cm NGA Washington DC 21. Eva Gonzales, Self-portrait Oil on wood x cm. Private Collection 22. Manet, Portrait of Eva Gonzales (1870) Oil on Canvas x 133.4cm. National Gallery, London 23. *Eva Gonzales, Une Loge Aux Theatre des Italiens (c.1874) Oil on Canvas. 98x130cm. Musée d'orsay 24. Manet,Eva Gonzalès et Leon Leenhoff dans la Loge aux Théâtre Italiens(1873)Pastel cm. Priv. Coll. Proudly sponsored by

2 25. Renoir, La Loge (1874) Oil on Canvas. 80 cm 63.5 cm Courtauld Gallery, London. 26. *Cassatt, In the Loge (1878) Oil on Canvas x cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 27. Cassatt,Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge (1879) Oil on Canvas 81.3x59.7cm.Oil.Philadelphia Museum of Art 28. Morisot, At the Ball (1875) Oil on Canvas 62 x 52 cm Musee Marmottan Monet. 29. Morisot, Boats under Construction (1874) oil on canvas Musee Marmottan Monet 30. Morisot, (1875) oil on canvas 38.1 x 18.1 cm. Musee Marmottan Monet 31. Morisot, Eugene Manet and His Daughter at Bougival (1881)Oil on canvas. 73x92cm Musee Marmottan Monet 32. Morisot, On the Balcony of Eugene Manet's Room at Bougival (1881) Oil on canvas. Private Collection. 33. Morisot, On the Veranda (1884) Oil on canvas. Private Collection. 34. Morisot, Child with a Red Apron (1886) Oil on canvas. Private Collection. 35. Morisot, Julie Manet and Her Greyhound(1893)Oil on canvas, 73x80cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris 36. Morisot, Getting Up ( ) Oil on canvas. Private Collection. 37. *Morisot, The Bath ( ) oil on canvas 72.3 x 91.1 cm. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown 38. Mary Cassatt, Young Mother Sewing (1900)Oil on Canvas.92.4 x 73.7cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 39. Cassatt, Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly (1880) Oil on Canvas 65.6 x 92.6 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art 40. *Cassatt, T C d Bath (1880) Oil on Canvas Los Angeles County Museum 41. Cassatt, The Bath (c.1893) Oil on Canvas cm 66.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago 42. Cassatt, Lady at the Tea Table (c ) Oil on canvas. 73.4x61cm. The Met. Museum, NY 43. Cassatt, Portrait of Louisine Havemeyer (1896) Pastel on paper. Shelburne Museum VT. 44. Cassatt, Self-portrait (1878) Gouache on paper, 60.1 x 41.2 cm The Met. Museum, NY 45. Cassatt, Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt (c.1888) Pastel on Paper.91x71cm. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Arkansas 46. Degas, Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery ( ) Etching 43.2 x 30.5 cm The Met. Museum, NY 47. Cassatt, Little Girl in the Blue Armchair (1878) Oil on canvas x cm NGA Washington DC. 48. Cassatt, Reading Le Figaro (1878) Oil on Canvas, 104 x 84 cm Private collection 49. Cassatt, Susan on a Balcony Holding a Dog (c.1880) Oil on Canvas 110.3x644.7cm The Corcoran Gallery. 50. Cassatt, Girl Arranging her hair (1886) Oil on canvas x 62.5 cm NGA, Washington DC 51. Degas, Portrait of Mary Cassatt Playing Cards (c ) Oil on Canvas cm National Portrait gallery, Washington DC. 52. Reference: Higonnet, Anne (1995) Berthe Morisot. Publ: University of California Press Matthews, Nancy Mowll. Ed. (1984) Cassatt and her Circle: Selected Letters. Publ: Cross River Press Rouart, Denis (2007) Berthe Morisot: The Correspondence. Publ: Moyer Bell

3 Images: Morisot, View from the Trocadero ( ) Oil on Canvas. 46.1x81.5 cm Santa Barbara Museum of Art Morisot, The Bath ( ) oil on canvas 72.3 x 91.1 cm. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

4 Eva Gonzales, Une Loge Aux Theatre des Italiens (c.1874) Oil on Canvas. 98x130cm. Musée d'orsay Cassatt, In the Loge (1878) Oil on Canvas x cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

5 Cassatt, T C d B (1880) Oil on Canvas Los Angeles County Museum