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 e ...

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. Bor ...

. 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

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

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, and Sisley, 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, artist and son of the painter

Henri Rouart Stanislas-Henri Rouart (2 October 1833, Paris - 2 January 1912, Paris) was a French engineer, industrialist, art collector and painter. Biography His father was a wealthy manufacturer of military uniforms. He was a student at the Lycée Louis ...

. 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 wh ...

, was a double ceremony in which Julie's cousin Jeannine Gobillard married Paul Valéry. 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,

, ''Eugène Manet and His Daughter at Bougival,'' 1881 File:Edouard Manet - Julie Manet sitting on a watering-can.jpg,

, ''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 Impressionism, Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially femininity, feminine sensuality ...

, ''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

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