January 14 is the birthday of one of the few women artists to work strongly in the Impressionist period in France. Bethe Morisot. Painting and collaborating with such up and coming artists of her period like Degas, Cezanne, Renoir and Monet, she held her own. Still choosing the traditional role and wife and mother she was encouraged and supported by her family enough to continue to work for all of her life. I do wonder, at times, if she would have been more successful and known had she been a male during this time period. Birthday remembrances to Berthe Morisot and the path she paved for all women artists of the future. A place to start learning about Berthe can be found below:
The Cradle, Berthe Morisot, 1872,
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