‘LES TROIS GRANDES DAMES’ OF IMPRESSIONISM: MARIE BRACQUEMOND, MARY CASSATT AND BERTHE MORISOT – SARAH BURLES

The Impressionists were an innovative and radical group of artists who took Paris by storm in the 1870s. Using new colours and techniques, they created painting of modern life which shocked and horrified the art establishment. From the start the group included women artists but their contribution to Impresssionism has often been overshadowed by their male contemporaries. Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt all exhibited regularly at the Impressionist exhibitions alongside artists such as Monet, Renoir and Degas.