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The extraordinarily close artistic relationship of the Realist Edouard Manet (1832-1883), who is often described as the father of modern painting, and Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), a crucial, groundbreaking Impressionist, is central to the origin story of modern French art but has never been explored in a major exhibition. Their work has been seen as reflecting their vastly different personas—Manet the dashing, witty, impetuous flâneur; Morisot the reserved, intelligent and exceedingly decorous bourgeoise—through the lens of their separate worlds. Or, more broadly, as reflections of their disparate perceived goals as painters.
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