Berthe Morisot’s career began in 1864, when she exhibited her work at the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Gaining acceptance to the annual exhibition was difficult, but Morisot participated for six years running. That ended in 1874, when she abandoned the salon to join the “rejects”—Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Alfred Sisley, who were showing in Nadar’s pokey studio at 35 Boulevard des Capucines. In 1881, to get away from the Paris scene, Morisot traveled to Nice and spent her first winter there. She would return in 1888 for another fruitful—and lively—three-month period. During the Belle Époque, hundreds of women were working in Nice, many of whom attended art classes or lectured in them. This exhibition focuses on the scene in Nice and the women who were a part of it—Morisot, of course, and also Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bashkirtseff, Louise Breslau, and Mary Cassatt. —Elena Clavarino

Travels to: Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (Fall, 2024)