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' Berthe Morisot: The First Lady of Impressionism '.
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Berthe and Morisot
Berthe Morisot ( January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895 ) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
Berthe Morisot, Child among Staked Roses ( common mistranslation of Child among Hollyhocks ), 1881, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne It was Morisot who persuaded Manet to attempt plein air painting, which she had been practicing since having been introduced to it by Corot.
Berthe Morisot died of pneumonia contracted while attending to her daughter Julie's similar illness on March 2, 1895, in Paris and was interred in the Cimetière de Passy.
Image: Berthe Morisot The Harbor at Lorient. jpg | The Harbor at Lorient, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1869
Image: Berthe Morisot 006. jpg | The Mother and Sister of the Artist ( Reading ), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC c. 1869-70
Image: Berthe Morisot Winter aka Woman with a Muff. jpg | Winter aka Woman with a Muff, Dallas Museum of Arts 1880
Image: Berthe Morisot The Bath. jpg | The Bath ( Girl Arranging Her Hair ), Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 1885-86
Berthe and Impressionism
She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of " les trois grandes dames " of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Berthe Morisot.
Morisot and Lady
First and Lady
Among the dolls was one that meant very much to the First Lady, who would pick it up and look at it often.
But she was afraid the First Lady would not understand, because Rob Roy was a perfect angel with the First Family.
It was her job to stand at the foot of the stairs, and, just as the First Lady stepped off the last tread, Mama would straighten out her long train before she marched to the Blue Room to greet her guests with the President.
Already the President and the First Lady have deputized him to advise on matters ranging from the furnishing of the White House to the renovation of Lafayette Square.
One of Mrs. Kennedy's initial concerns as First Lady was the sad state of the furnishings in a building which is supposed to be a national shrine.
The First Lady appointed a Fine Arts Advisory Committee for the White House, to locate authentic pieces as well as to arrange ways to acquire them.
The AID has undertaken the redecoration of the White House library as a project in connection with the work being done by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Fine Arts Advisory Committee to secure antiques for the presidential home.
It was the first in the series of `` Concerts for Young People by Young People '' to be sponsored by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House.
One of the most interested `` students '' on the tour which the Brevard group took at the National Gallery yesterday following their concert at the White House, was Letitia Baldrige, social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )
* 1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
* 1949 – Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband ; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
* 1933 – First flight over Mount Everest, a British expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy of the United States paid their respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, accompanied by French President Charles de Gaulle.
Clinton decided to remain as Arkansas governor ( following consideration for the potential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton for governor, initially favored – but ultimately vetoed – by the First Lady ).
* Extensive essays on Bill Clinton and shorter essays on each member of his cabinet and First Lady from the Miller Center of Public Affairs
Barbara was a frequent critic of the Bill Clinton administration and wrote a book about then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton ( 1999 ).
Among her portraits which followed from that association are those of Georges Clemenceau ; First Lady Edith Roosevelt and her daughter ; and Admiral Sir David Beatty.
Other notable early disco hits include The Jackson 5 ’ s " Dancing Machine " ( 1974 ), Barry White ’ s " You're the First, the Last, My Everything " ( 1974 ), LaBelle ’ s " Lady Marmalade " ( 1975 ) and Silver Convention ’ s " Fly Robin Fly " ( 1975 ).
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