Cleveland Museum of Art reclaims Berthe Morisot's influence on Édouard Manet

Manet & Morisot is the first ever major exhibition dedicated to the artistic exchange between Édouard Manet, often referred to as the father of modern painting, and Berthe Morisot, the only woman among the founding members of the Impressionist movement. Through comparisons of related works made between the late 1860s and the late 1880s, this exhibition traces the evolution of a singular friendship between two groundbreaking artists. Described as “a marvelous exhibition” by The Washington Post and “a mind-meld, merging the spirits and sensibilities of Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot” by The New York Times, this exhibition comes to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) following record-breaking attendance at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Manet and Morisot met around 1868 and were close colleagues—and at times competitors—for 15 years until Manet’s death. More than just friends, they became family members when Morisot married Manet’s younger br