Dancers on the set by Degas

Wednesdays with Edgar Degas!

private collection, 1878-1880

View of Paris from the Trocadero by Morisot

Tuesdays with Berthe Morisot!

Berthe Morisot lived near the Trocadero in the upscale community of Passy, in what is now the 16th arrondissement. This would be a view she would have seen many times and she undoubtedly spent much time strolling among the green of what is now mostly concrete, glass and water.

Notice the angle of this view -- this location today would put you roughly at the far right end of the top level of the Trocadero as you're facing the Eiffel Tower. The tower itself would be across the bridge and just out of view to the right. Les Invalides in the building with the gold dome in the distance slightly right of center.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 187

Four views of the modern woman by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet!

Woman reading
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, circa 1879

Woman with a gold pin, circa 1879

Young woman in a round hat, private collection, New York, 1877

Young woman taking a walk holding an open umbrella, 1880

The Star, or the Dancer by Degas

Wednesdays with Edgar Degas!

The Star, 1876, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Berthe Morisot at the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris

Tuesdays with Berthe Morisot! 

I've always believed that meaningful art should speak for itself. Just as importantly, it should speak to YOU.

Enjoy Berthe and the next time you're in Paris stop by Passy cemetery, and pay your respects to her and her brother-in-law Edouard Manet.

Fillette portant un panier 1891

Le Cerisier 1891

Dans le pommier 1890

Fillette au jersey bleu 1890

Enfants a la vasque 1886

Cygnes 1885

Le jardin a Bougival 1884

Au bord du lac 1883

Roses tremieres 1884

Le port de Nice 1882

Eugene Manet et sa fille [Julie] dans le jardin de Bougival 1881

Au bal 1875

Bergere couchee 1891

Eugene Manet a l'ile de Wight 1875

Les foins a Bougival 1883

Branches d'oranger 1889

Manet Self Portrait with a Palette

Mondays with Edouard Manet!

private collection, New York, 1879

Dancer posing by Degas

Wednesdays with Edgar Degas!

Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia, 1878

Madame Boursier and her daughter by Berthe Morisot

Tuesdays with Berthe Morisot! 

Frankly, there's nothing quite like an exquisite painting to forget the ugliness in this world, at least for a moment or two.

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1873

Plum brandy by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet! 

Also known as "The Prune" the model is Ellen Andrée; we'll meet her again later.

National Gallery, Washington, DC, 1878

I remember you

Denny Nicola, class of 1965, Champaign High School. Killed in Vietnam 1967. Information. A good friend I turned around one day and realized he was gone before I made my way "down south."

Ronny Lovellette. Class of 1966, Champaign High School. Killed in Vietnam 1969. Information.

We spent our last night together in Chicago before you headed off to the Army and I left for the Marines. The last time I saw you. But it was a wild night, eh Ronny?

Dancer arranging her hair by Degas

Wednesdays with Edgar Degas!

1900-02

In the dining room by Morisot

Tuesdays with Berthe Morisot!

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA, circa 1875

The suicide by Manet

Mondays with Edouard Manet! 
This is certainly not your typical "impressionist" work of art. In fact, the Suicide (Le Suicidé), seems to raise more questions than answers: Was this a depiction of a real suicide? If so, who was it and when and where? If not, what on earth possessed Manet to slip into such a morbid world, however briefly?

Bührle Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, 1877-1881