![]() The Mother and Sister of the Artist, one of Morisot's largest works, was exhibited at the Salon of 1870 and perhaps again in 1874 at the first Impressionist exhibition. Morisot, an original member of the group, showed in seven of its eight exhibitions and contributed financially to sustain the impressionist movement. Impressionist exhibition as "five or six lunatics-among them a woman-a group of unfortunate creatures." Berthe Morisot is the woman to whom he alluded. In an 1876 review, a sarcastic critic referred to participants in the second The wall behind the couch is fog gray, and the bottom edge of a gold frame hangs behind the young woman. A slip of paper or envelope sits on the table next to the vase. A round or oval wooden table with curving legs to our left holds a glass vase with a violet-purple flower, perhaps a hydrangea. ![]() Pillows patterned with ruby red, sky blue, and fawn brown peek out from behind the young woman. The couch behind her has a pattern with stylized flowers or leaves floating within rose-pink ribbons that hang in swags, against a white background. She fingers a piece of lapis-blue fabric in one hand. She wears a gold ring on her left hand and a gold bracelet on that wrist. Her dress falls loosely over her torso and legs. A few tendrils fall down her back and over one shoulder. An azure-blue bow is tied in her chestnut-brown hair. ![]() Her skin is paler, but she has lightly flushed cheeks and her petal-pink lips are also closed. The young woman’s knees are angled to our left but she looks slightly back to our right, to gaze down and into the distance with brown eyes. Her skirt overlaps the younger woman sitting nearby on the couch, which runs along the back wall of the room. She wears a gold ring with a light stone on her left ring finger, and the book she holds has a moss-green cover. She looks down at her book with dark eyes, and her rose-pink lips are closed. The collar is lined with a white ruffle, and white lace cuffs encircle her wrists. Her gray hair is pulled back and covered by a black cloth or veil, which falls to her shoulder and blends with her dress. ![]() The full skirt of her black dress angles down across the picture, almost spanning the bottom edge of the composition. To our right, the older woman sits in a chair with a curved back, which runs parallel to the right edge of the canvas. Both women have pale skin and wear dresses with long sleeves and skirts. The scene is loosely painted with some visible brushstrokes, especially in the furniture, clothing, and room. An older woman wearing a long black dress sits reading a book in front of a younger woman wearing cream white, who sits on a couch just beyond, in this vertical portrait painting. ![]()
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