Marie Bracquemond
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Marie Bracquemond 🇫🇷

Marie Bracquemond (Known as "One of the Three Great Ladies of Impressionism")
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Born Dec 01, 1840 🇫🇷 Landunvez (Finistère), Kingdom of France
Passed Away Jan 17, 1916 Sèvres, French Third Republic
Lifespan 75 years old
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"Impressionism has produced not only a new, but a very useful way of looking at things."

Archival Overview

French Impressionist painter acclaimed by Gustave Geffroy as one of the 'Three Great Ladies' of Impressionism alongside Cassatt and Morisot, master of sun-drenched outdoor light.

Biographical Record

Marie Bracquemond (1840–1916 CE) studied under Ingres before embracing the brilliant plein-air light of Monet and Gauguin in her Sèvres garden.

Despite severe discouragement from her printmaker husband Félix Bracquemond, she exhibited in three Impressionist exhibitions, creating luminous masterpieces like On the Terrace at Sèvres.

Key Life Milestones

1880

On the Terrace at Sèvres (Sur la terrasse à Sèvres)

Exhibited at the Fifth Impressionist Exhibition, praised for capturing dappled afternoon sunlight through trees.

1886

Exhibiting at the Eighth Impressionist Exhibition

Participated in the historic final Impressionist exhibition alongside Degas, Gauguin, and Seurat.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Sèvres Municipal Cemetery
Sèvres, France
GPS: 48.8233, 2.2117
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