He [ Manet ] holds up that eternal Mademoiselle Gonzales as… - Berthe Morisot

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He [ Manet ] holds up that eternal Mademoiselle Gonzales as an example; she has poise, perseverance, she can get her things finished whereas I am incapable of doing anything properly. In the meantime he [Manet] has started her portrait again, for the twenty-fifth time. She poses every day, and every night he rubs out the head..

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Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (14 January, 1841 – 2 March, 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. Undervalued for over a century, possibly because she was a woman, she is now considered among the first league of Impressionist painters.

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Alternative Names: Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot • Berthe Manet • Berthe Manet Morisot • Berthe-Marie-Pauline Morisot • Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot Manet • Berthe Manet-Morisot • Berthe Marie Pauline Morizot • B. Morisot • Morisot • Bertha Morisot

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