Berthe MorisotFrench, 1841–1895Lake with Rowboat
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Where is “Lake with Rowboat” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1953.6.99
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- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Berthe Morisot
The whole life1890
“No man has ever treated a woman as an equal”
In 1890 Morisot writes in a notebook about her struggle to be taken seriously as an artist: she does not think there has ever been a man who treated a woman as an equal, and that is all she would have asked for, since she knows she is worth as much as they are.
1892
Her husband Eugène Manet dies
In 1892 Morisot's husband, the painter Eugène Manet (1833–1892), dies.
1892
The first solo exhibition
In 1892, after almost two decades of showing in group exhibitions, Morisot's first solo exhibition is held.
1894
Geffroy calls her one of the “grandes dames”
In 1894 the critic Gustave Geffroy describes Morisot as one of the “three great ladies” of Impressionism, alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt.
1 March 1895
A farewell letter to her daughter
Having caught pneumonia while nursing her daughter Julie through the same illness, Morisot dies the day after writing her a letter: she says she will love her still when dead, begs her not to cry, and tells her to work and stay as good as she has always been. Sixteen-year-old Julie is left an orphan.
2 March 1895
Died
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