1885
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Forêt de Compiègne is a 1885 oil by Berthe Morisot, a Impressionism work, depicting Forest, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a forest with green trees and light trunks on pale green grass. The painting is made up of short, broad brushstrokes, which gives it a soft look. This style was a bit different for Morisot's time, as many artists focused on precise details. Check out the technique of impasto to learn more about how artists use brushstrokes to create texture.
Mme Ernest Rouart (née Julie Manet, the artist’s daughter, died 1966), Paris. E. and A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York; sold Sotheby’s Parke & Bernet, New York, April 17, 1969, lot 125 (ill.) to Estelle P. McCormick, Philadelphia; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1978.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Berthe Morisot, 1896, cat. 135. Geneva, Galerie Motte, Exposition Berthe Morisot, June 12 - 30, 1951, cat. 12. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Berthe Morisot: Impressionist, September 6 - November 29, 1987, cat. 61 (ill.); Fort Worth, TX, Kimbell Art Museum, December 12, 1987 - February 21, 1988; South Hudley, MA, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, March 14 - May 9, 1988. Paris, France, Marmottan-Monet Museum, Berthe Morisot: 1841-1895, March 7- July 1, 2012. cat. 58.
M.-L. Bataille and G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot (Paris, 1961), p. 35, no. 183, fig. 191. Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Parke Burnet Galleries, New York, auction cat., April 17, 1969, under lot 125. A. Clairet, D. Montalant, and Y. Rouart, Berthe Morisot 1841 - 1895 Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint (Paris, 1997), no. 187. Marianne Mathieu, Berthe Morisot: 1841-1895, exh. cat. (Yale UP, 2012), p, 168, cat. 58.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (French: ; 14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895) 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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