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Berthe Morisot
Young Woman Watering a Shrub, 1876
Berthe Morisot often painted intimate, domestic scenes. Here the artist depicts her sister, Edma Pontillon, watering plants on the terrace of the Morisot family home at 5 Rue Guichard in Paris's Sixteenth Arrondissement. Edma's simple housedress allows Morisot to explore the play of light over white, a common interest in Impressionist painting. This painting further demonstrates the 19th century association of women with the home and exemplifies the Impressionist interest in urban and suburban gardens also seen in the Mellon collection's Cantille at the Window. |