"This fall, the Legion follows up, and doubles up, with Manet & Morisot, detailing the extensive artistic exchange between the two of them from the 1860s to the 1880s at a turning point in European painting. The exhibit, on view through March 1, takes a canny approach as it renews attention to Morisot's career, stature and influence. Pairing her paintings more than half of the 45 works on display with Manet's is not only logical but revealing."
"Exhibit texts argue that Morisot influenced Manet as much if not more than he influenced her. This reversal helps explain Manet's evolving style. Meyers' book quoted French philosopher Georges Bataille: Had it not been for Berthe Morisot, in whom he discovered the double enchantment of a painter's talents and a model's beauty, he might never have tried his hand at Impressionist painting. The exhibit includes plenty of compare-and-contrast examples of Manet and Morisot's work, but it is more than a scholarly examination."
San Francisco's Legion of Honor presents Manet & Morisot, a paired exhibition tracing artistic exchange between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot from the 1860s to the 1880s. More than half of the 45 works on display pair Morisot's paintings with Manet's, positioning their relationship as unusually close within the Impressionist circle. The exhibition emphasizes their roles as friends, colleagues, painter and model, and family after Morisot married Manet's brother. Exhibition texts argue that Morisot influenced Manet as much or more than he influenced her, offering a reversal that helps explain Manet's evolving style. The presentation includes many compare-and-contrast examples and aims to engage visitors beyond scholarly analysis.
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