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Archives: Sebastian Smee

28th August 2018

You know Monet and Manet. This female Impressionist deserves your attention, too

From the outset, Morisot’s work was distinctive. Her female subjects had “a profound psychological presence”, reflecting her own experience of womanhood. But she was also expressing life’s impermanence. “Her work’s lack of finish conveys, like no other Impressionist, a sense of evanescence. We do not live long”. More images are here.