In the spring of 1874, the first Impressionist exhibition was unveiled in Nadar’s photography studio at 35 Boulevard des Capucines. The artists had been rejected by the stuffy, hidebound Académie des Beaux-Arts Salon, and there was much fanfare on the day of the opening. Among the artists showing were Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Degas, and Sisley. There was only one woman artist present—Berthe Morisot—who was close to Manet and became the wife of his brother, Eugène. Morisot, however, wasn’t the only female Impressionist; there were many more, some well known and others little known. Mary Cassatt, Marie Bracquemond, and Eva Gonzalès, for instance, were part of the movement. In this exhibition, which celebrates Impressionism’s 150th anniversary, paintings by these four artists are placed side by side. —Elena Clavarino