Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was born in Bourges, France on January 14, 1841 to Edme Tiburce Morisot, who was a high-level government official, and Marie Cornélie Mayniel, a daughter of a high-level government official [2]. As she was born into a family of wealth, her childhood followed the conventional lessons that high-born children were to receive: including lessons in drawing and painting [1]. Morisot and her sister, Edma, began to paint early on in their youth. The sisters earned respect in the artist circles of France despite women not being allowed to join official art institutions. Unlike the conventional practices of high-born ladies, Morisot chose to pursue art seriously, making it her life 's work and profession of choice. Morisot
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Neoclassicism began during the French Revolution and remained until the beginning of the Restoration of France, peaking during Napoleon’s Empire. Neoclassic painters focused on a combination of the divine-like representation of the Emperor and the scenes from Ancient Rome that had political resonance with current events. Romanticism, while not initiated in France, was a movement used to, initially, describe landscapes that evoked imagery in poems or novels. Color was a large part of the movement and it was during this movement that The Salon became vital for artists. Realism was introduced during the reign of Louis Philippe, in which artists began producing images that were against the Regime. In the late century, near the end, realism and naturalism gained popularity among artists and which is was symbolism. Symbolism was used to promote more spiritual art, going against the scientific advancements and Darwin theory. The Impressionistic movement was led by Claude Monet in the late nineteenth century. Impressionism involved blurred colors and imprecise shapes within the image, leading to the belief of some that the work was incomplete
Neoclassicism began during the French Revolution and remained until the beginning of the Restoration of France, peaking during Napoleon’s Empire. Neoclassic painters focused on a combination of the divine-like representation of the Emperor and the scenes from Ancient Rome that had political resonance with current events. Romanticism, while not initiated in France, was a movement used to, initially, describe landscapes that evoked imagery in poems or novels. Color was a large part of the movement and it was during this movement that The Salon became vital for artists. Realism was introduced during the reign of Louis Philippe, in which artists began producing images that were against the Regime. In the late century, near the end, realism and naturalism gained popularity among artists and which is was symbolism. Symbolism was used to promote more spiritual art, going against the scientific advancements and Darwin theory. The Impressionistic movement was led by Claude Monet in the late nineteenth century. Impressionism involved blurred colors and imprecise shapes within the image, leading to the belief of some that the work was incomplete