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Forêt de Compiègne
Berthe Morisot · 1885
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 54.2 × 64.8 cm (21 3/8 × 25 1/2 in.); Framed: 81.3 × 92.1 × 8.3 cm (32 × 36 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Made in
- France
- Style
- Impressionism
- Where to see it
- Art Institute of Chicago
Bequest of Estelle McCormick · CC0 Public Domain · Art Institute of Chicago · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
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About Berthe Morisot
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
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