Young Woman Seated on a Sofa
At about the time that Morisot depicted this model in her Paris apartment, an admiring critic wrote: "she grinds flower petals onto her palette, in order to spread them later on her canvas with airy, witty touches . . . producing something vital, fine, and charming." The painter was then at her apogee, having developed a signature style that updated the bravura brushwork of her brother-in-law Edouard Manet with more spirited handling and opalescent tints. She enjoyed a highly successful career, participating in the official Salons and in seven of the eight Impressionist exhibitions.
Artwork Details
- Title: Young Woman Seated on a Sofa
- Artist: Berthe Morisot (French, Bourges 1841–1895 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1879
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 31 3/4 × 39 1/4 in. (80.6 × 99.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dillon, 1992
- Object Number: 1992.103.2
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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