A Symposium on Manet & Morisot
Berthe Morisot, Summer’s Day (detail), 1841–1895. Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 75.2 cm. Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, The National Gallery, London. In partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
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This symposium brings together leading international scholars to explore French Impressionists Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot’s friendship, creative dialogue, and mutual influence. Through new perspectives, the program considers how Manet and Morisot’s artistic exchange helped shape the course of modern art.
Schedule
Session 1: 10:30 am–12:30 pm
Introduction and welcome remarks
Emily A. Beeny, chief curator of the Legion of Honor and Barbara A. Wolfe Curator in Charge of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Manet, Morisot, and the Art of Parisian Chic
Justine De Young, history of art associate professor, Fashion Institute of Technology
Four Seasons, Two Artists
Devi Ormond, associate conservator of paintings, J. Paul Getty Museum
Morisot’s Delicate Touch and the Virile Hand of Mary Cassatt
Mary Morton, curator and head of French paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Session 2: 1:30–4 pm
Berthe Morisot, the ‘Mesdames Manet,’ and the Memory of Manet
Nancy Locke, art history professor, Pennsylvania State University
Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt: Working Together, Collaboration or Control?
Ann Hoenigswald, former conservator of paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Morisot’s Images (of Images)
Harmon Siegel, junior fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University
“If only you could always speak for me!” Mallarmé and the Importance of Friendship in Morisot’s Impressionism
Claire Moran, independent scholar, United Kingdom
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Closing talk: 4–4:30 pm (not livestreamed)
A discussion of Manet and Morisot in the collections of the Musée Marmottan
Sylvie Carlier, director of collections and research
Contact info
Public Programs
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