Garden Lesson by Bertha Morisot

On a sunny spring day in 1886, being already recognized as an artist, Bertha Morisot wrote “A Lesson in the Garden.” In the depths on the bench sit Eugene Manet and Julie. The artist does not care about the expressiveness of the characters’ faces. Their silhouettes almost disappear in a green garden.

The paint is superimposed on the canvas rapidly, especially in the depth, where the leaves form a color – green and light blue – a whirlwind. Even when Morizo portrays a rather calm situation, her movements remain clearly aggressive: she “whips” the canvas with brushes. The picture is flooded with almost unnaturally bright sunlight.

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