LIFE AS MYTH
JOURNAL
JOURNAL 2011
Life as Myth
Naming a life
SUMMER 2011
A feminine myth
LIFEWORKS
ATLAS
SUMMER 2011
THE MUSE OF MORISOT
Julie Manet at Gorey. Berthe Morisot. 1886. Private collection. (below) Julie Manet dreaming. Berthe Morisot. 1894. Private collection.
French Impressionist Berthe Morisot married Eugene Manet, the brother of French Impressionist Édouard Manet, in 1874. In 1878 they had their first and only child, Julie (1878-1966). We know few particulars of her childhood and her formal education. Through Morisot's art, however, we have an intimate look at their family life. Though Manet was a less frequent subject, he appeared in other works, including Eugene Manet and his daughter in the garden at Bougival (1881) and Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight (1875).
For a period of six years, between 1893-99, Julie Manet kept a diary which details her teen years. Through Julie's writing there is a window into her adolescence when she was part of the legendary circle of artists and writers of late nineteenth century Paris.
