Marie Bracquemond 1840 – 1916

Marie Bracquemond
Marie Bracquemond
Marie Bracquemond (December 1, 1840 – January 17, 1916) was a French Impressionist artist, who was described retrospectively by Henri Focillon in 1928 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Her frequent omission from books on artists is sometimes attributed to the efforts of her husband, Félix Bracquemond. Félix respected his wife's talents as an artist but disagreed fervently with her adaptation of Impressionist techniques, in particular her use of color.
Félix and Marie Bracquemond worked together at the Haviland studio at Auteuil where her husband had become artistic director. She designed plates for dinner services and executed large Faience tile panels depicting the muses, which were shown at the Universal Exhibition of 1878. She began having paintings accepted for the Salon on a regular basis from 1864. As she found the medium constraining, her husband's efforts to teach her etching were only a qualified success. She nevertheless produced nine etchings that were shown at the second exhibition of the Society of Painter-Etchers at the Galeries Durand-Ruel in 1890.
Her husband introduced her to new media and to the artists he admired, as well as older masters such as Chardin. She was especially attracted to the Belgian painter Alfred Stevens. Between 1887 and 1890, under the influence of the Impressionists, Bracquemond's style began to change. Her canvases grew larger and her colours intensified. She moved out of doors (part of a movement that came to be known as plein air), and to her husband's disgust, Monet and Degas became her mentors. Many of her best-known works were painted outdoors, especially in her garden at Sèvres. One of her last paintings was The Artist's Son and Sister in the Garden at Sèvres.

Marie Bracquemond - Mme.H. Beraldi 1860-1914 Marie Bracquemond - Portrait of Mlle Quivoron 1860-1914 Marie Bracquemond - Self-portrait 1870 Marie Bracquemond - Louise Quivoron aka Woman in the garden 1877 Marie Bracquemond - Portrait of Louise 1877 Marie Bracquemond - Pierre Bracquemond as child 1878 Marie Bracquemond - Étude pour le personnage de droite de «Sur une terrasse à Sèvres» 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Femme à l’ombrelle, étude pour les Trois Grâces 1880 Marie Bracquemond - La Dame a l'Eventail. Self-Portrait in a Spanish Costume 1880
Mme.H. Beraldi 1860-1914 Portrait of Mlle Quivoron 1860-1914 Self-portrait 1870 Louise Quivoron aka Woman in the garden 1877 Portrait of Louise 1877 Pierre Bracquemond as child 1878 Étude pour le personnage de droite de «Sur une terrasse à Sèvres» 1880 Femme à l’ombrelle, étude pour les Trois Grâces 1880 La Dame a l'Eventail. Self-Portrait in a Spanish Costume 1880
Marie Bracquemond - On the Terrace at Sèvres 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Pots De Fleurs À Sèvres. Flower Vases in Sevres 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Study for The Three Graces 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Three Ladies with Umbrellas. The Three Graces of 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Woman with an Umbrella 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Étude pour la figure du centre de «Sur une terrasse à Sèvres» 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Le Gouter. Afternoon Tea 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Interior of a Salon 1881-1916 Marie Bracquemond - Iris in a vase 1886
On the Terrace at Sèvres 1880 Pots De Fleurs À Sèvres. Flower Vases in Sevres 1880 Study for The Three Graces 1880 Three Ladies with Umbrellas. The Three Graces of 1880 Woman with an Umbrella 1880 Étude pour la figure du centre de «Sur une terrasse à Sèvres» 1880 Le Gouter. Afternoon Tea 1880 Interior of a Salon 1881-1916 Iris in a vase 1886
Marie Bracquemond - Felix Bracquemond in His Studio 1886 Marie Bracquemond - Crevette 1887 Marie Bracquemond - Pierre Bracquemond painting a bouquet of flowers 1887 Marie Bracquemond - Under the Lamp 1887 Marie Bracquemond - Aspasia 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Landscape Showing the Environs of Divonne 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Landscape. Garden Path 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Melancholy 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Mountain Landscape with Indians 1890
Felix Bracquemond in His Studio 1886 Crevette 1887 Pierre Bracquemond painting a bouquet of flowers 1887 Under the Lamp 1887 Aspasia 1890 Landscape Showing the Environs of Divonne 1890 Landscape. Garden Path 1890 Melancholy 1890 Mountain Landscape with Indians 1890
Marie Bracquemond - Portrait of Gustave Geffroy 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Portrait of mademoiselle Charlotte du Val d'Ognes 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Portrait of Pierre Bracquemond 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Self-portrai 1880 Marie Bracquemond - Small Landscape with House 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Study for The Lady in white 1890 Marie Bracquemond - The Artist’s Son and Sister in the Garden at Sevres 1890 Marie Bracquemond - The Lady in white 1890 Marie Bracquemond - The Umbrellas 1890
Portrait of Gustave Geffroy 1880 Portrait of mademoiselle Charlotte du Val d'Ognes 1890 Portrait of Pierre Bracquemond 1890 Self-portrai 1880 Small Landscape with House 1890 Study for The Lady in white 1890 The Artist’s Son and Sister in the Garden at Sevres 1890 The Lady in white 1890 The Umbrellas 1890
Marie Bracquemond - View of the Garden 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Woman's Head from the Right. Profil de femme au chignon, Lousie Quivoron, sœur de l’artiste 1890 Marie Bracquemond - Landscape in wintertime. Winter Landscape 1897 Marie Bracquemond - Nu dans un intérieur 1911
View of the Garden 1890 Woman's Head from the Right. Profil de femme au chignon, Lousie Quivoron, sœur de l’artiste 1890 Landscape in wintertime. Winter Landscape 1897 Nu dans un intérieur 1911