Julie Manet (14 November 1878 – 14 July 1966) was a French painter, model, diarist, and art collector.
Biography
Born in Paris, Manet was the daughter and only child of artist
Berthe Morisot
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (; January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly es ...
and
Eugène Manet
Eugène Manet (21 November 1833 – 13 April 1892) was a French painter. He did not achieve the high reputation of his older brother Édouard Manet or his wife Berthe Morisot, and devoted much of his efforts to supporting his wife's career.
Man ...
, younger brother of painter
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Born ...
. The death of both parents within a three-year period left her orphaned at the age of 16. As a result, she came under the guardianship of the poet and critic
Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé ( , ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of ...
and went to live with her cousins. She also received support from the family's artist friends,
Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Re ...
in particular.
Throughout her life Julie posed frequently for her mother and other Impressionist artists, including
Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Re ...
and her uncle Édouard.
Book
Her teenage diary, published in English as ''Growing up with the Impressionists'', provides insights into the lives of French painters, including
Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Re ...
,
Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is espec ...
,
Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...
, and
Sisley
Alfred Sisley (; ; 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedicatio ...
, as well the 1896 state visit of
Tsar Nicholas II
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Polan ...
and the
Dreyfus Affair
The Dreyfus affair (french: affaire Dreyfus, ) was a political scandal that divided the French Third Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francop ...
, which was then raging in France. Notably, her candid accounts of dinner-table conversations about that Affair cast light on Renoir's privately held views on patriotism and anti-Semitism.
Personal life
Her mother, Berthe Morisot, died of pneumonia when she was only 16, in 1895.
In May 1900 Julie married the painter and engraver
Ernest Rouart
Ernest Rouart (24 August 1874, Paris - 27 February 1942, Paris) was a French painter, watercolorist, pastellist, engraver, and art collector.
Biography
He was one of four sons and a daughter born to the engineer and painter, Henri Rouart. His ...
, artist and son of the painter
Henri Rouart. The wedding, which took place in
Passy
Passy () is an area of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents.
Passy was a commune on the outskirts of Paris. In 1658, hot springs were discovered around whic ...
, was a double ceremony in which Julie's cousin
Jeannine Gobillard married
Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...
. Julie had three children, Julien (born 1901), Clément (born 1906) and Denis (born 1908). Both Julien and Denis inherited some of Morisot's paintings, now in the
Marmottan Monet Museum.
Julie Manet as model
File:Eugene Manet and His Daughter at Bougival 1881 Berthe Morisot.jpg, Berthe Morisot
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (; January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly es ...
, ''Eugène Manet and His Daughter at Bougival,'' 1881
File:Edouard Manet - Julie Manet sitting on a watering-can.jpg, Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Born ...
, ''Julie Manet sitting on a Watering Can'', 1882
File:Eugene Manet and His Daughter in the Garden 1883 Berthe Morisot.jpg, Berthe Morisot, ''Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden,'' 1883
File:Julie Manet with cat 1887.jpg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "R ...
, ''Julie Manet with Cat,'' 1887
File:Berthe Morisot - Girl with Greyhound - 1893.jpg, Berthe Morisot, ''Julie Manet and Her Greyhound Laertes'', 1893
File:Pierre Auguste Renoir - Portrait Berthe Morisot and daughter Julie.jpg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ''Portrait of Berthe Morisot and daughter Julie Manet'', 1894
File:Pierre Auguste Renoir - Portrait de Julie Manet.jpg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ''Portrait of Julie Manet'', 1894
References
Further reading
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*Denvir, Bernard, ''The Chronicle of Impressionism: An Intimate Diary of the Lives and World of the Great Artists''. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
*McCouat, Philip, ''Julie Manet, Renoir and the Dreyfus Affair'', in Art in Society http://www.artinsociety.com
*Meyers, Jeffrey, ''Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt''. Orlando: Harcourt, 2005.
*Thomson, Belinda, ''Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception''. The world of art library. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
External links
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