Portrait of Edma Pontilion by Berthe Morisot

Portrait of Edma Pontilion by Berthe Morisot

“Portrait of Madame Edma Pontion” Bertha Morisot wrote in 1871. Edma Pontion is depicted in the portrait in an “interesting position.”

It should be noted that at that time it was considered indecent to write or photograph pregnant women, and only a few painters dared to break this “trait of decency”.

But Morisot doesn’t just break her. She shows us a tired pose of the model, her yellowish-pale complexion, a strange look to the viewer and at the same time a sight that does not see. The frankness of this portrait is the frankness of the paintings of Manet. But his severity and feminine restraint are features of the chaste Morisot style.

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