Luckily, Berthe and her sister Edma had parents wealthy enough to employ artists like the renowned landscape painter Camille Corot to give them private lessons. They even had their own studio and, ...

“Berthe Morisot lived in her great eyes,” wrote the French poet Paul Valéry, her nephew by marriage. This assessment highlights Morisot’s dual claim to fame as both a muse and a member of the school ...