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.
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
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
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
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
View of the Garden 1890
Woman's Head from the Right. Profil de femme au chignon, Lousie Quivoron, sœur de l’artiste 1890