Peasant Girl Among Tulips

Julie Manet1890

Details

Title: Peasant Girl Among Tulips
Creator: Julie Manet
Creator Lifespan: 1878 - 1966
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Gender: Female
Creator Death Place: Paris, France
Creator Birth Place: Paris, France
Date: 1890
Location: Mézy, France
Physical Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches
Description: In 1890, twelve-year-old Julie Manet accompanied her parents Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet on an extended visit to the small French town of Mézy northwest of Paris. On this trip, young Julie often followed her mother on sketching excursions in the countryside, including the trip where Morisot painted a young peasant girl named Gabrielle Dufour. While her mother sketched and then painted this hardworking young woman, Julie sat nearby and sketched the girl herself, using colored pencils to create a scene almost identical to that of her mother. Employing the same technique of quickly applying soft color in bold strokes, the Impressionist progeny proved her inherent talent and sensitivity to subtle changes in color seen that made her mother so successful as an artist.
Provenance: Gift of Bill Scott
Type: Drawings
Rights: Dixon Gallery and Gardens. For Terms and Conditions for use of this image please contact the Registrar at 901-761-5250.
Medium: Colored pencils on paper

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