![]() ![]() Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist, which opened in Quebec and travels to Dallas and Paris after Philadelphia, is the first major Morisot exhibition in the US in 31 years. (If the title sounds somewhat awkward, Patry defends it: “With this title we refer a given and historical framework, where it can’t be denied that being a woman artist has had an impact on her career and on her posthumous recognition.”) At a time when opportunities for women in art are still a fraction of those for male artists - curator Sylvie Patry notes upfront in the accompanying catalogue that the Guerrilla Girls’ 1989 question “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?” still applies - the exhibition hopes to reassert Morisot’s place as an essential, even revolutionary figure in the Impressionist movement. ![]()
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