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<\/a>the first major retrospective of the work of Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) to be held in Paris for almost half a century. One hundred and fifty paintings, pastels, watercolors and drawings in red chalk and charcoal, from museums and private collections all over the world,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
retrace the career of the Impressionist movement\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best-known woman painter. Works selected for the exhibition cover the whole of Berthe Morisot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s artistic career, from her earliest works c. 1860, to her untimely death at the age of 54, in 1895.<\/p>\n
You can find out a great deal more about the exhibit from this file\u00c2\u00a0BERTHE MORISOT<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 1874, Berthe Morisot married Edouard Manet’s younger brother, Eugene, also a painter. The marriage provided her with social and financial stability while she continued to pursue her painting career. Able to dedicate herself completely to her craft, Morisot participated in the Impressionist exhibitions every year except 1877, when she was pregnant with her daughter, Julie. Berthe Morisot portrayed a wide range of subjects\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfrom landscapes and still lifes to domestic scenes and portraits. She also experimented with numerous media, including oils, watercolors, pastels, and drawings. Most notable among her works during this period is\u00c2\u00a0Woman at Her Toilette<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(c. 1879). Later works were more studied and less spontaneous, such as\u00c2\u00a0The Cherry Tree<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(1891-92) and\u00c2\u00a0Girl with a Greyhound<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(1893).\u00c2\u00a0After her husband died in 1892, Berthe Morisot continued to paint, although she was never commercially successful during her lifetime. She did, however, outsell\u00c2\u00a0several of her fellow Impressionists, including Monet, Renoir, and Sisley. She had her first solo exhibition in 1892 and two years later the French government purchased her oil painting\u00c2\u00a0Young Woman in a Ball Gown<\/em>. Berthe Morisot contracted pneumonia and died on March 2, 1895, at age 54.<\/p>\n After the exhibit and a quick tour of the house, this was our third visit to the museum we departed and walked through the Jardin Du Ranelagh to the metro station at La Muette and after quick change at Trocad\u00c3\u00a9ro we were at the market. \u00c2\u00a0We walked the market to our favorite vendor made our purchase and the visited the different vendors because I (Mike) wanted to purchase several p\u00c3\u00a2tes to taste, I finally settled on a liver with truffles and a p\u00c3\u00a2te maison (of the house). \u00c2\u00a0Then Pat had read about a bakery Maison Poujauran, at 18-20 rue Jean-Nicot \u00c2\u00a0who supplied the Presidential Palace, so we were off to see if he was open on Sunday. \u00c2\u00a0(Update {3\/12\/2012}: They are not closed on Sunday they are no longer at that address<\/em>)They were not, but they surposedly make the best croissants so there may be another visit in store before we leave. \u00c2\u00a0Shut out of bread at Poujauran we found ourself on rue Saint Dominique just down the street from a former apartment and we went to Le Moulin de la Vierge, the bakery that replaced bakery\u00c2\u00a0Trop\u00c3\u00a9zienne, for those who missed the story in a previous post. \u00c2\u00a0 Then it was a short walk to the metro at Latour Maubourg, a change at Opera and back to the Sentier metro and down the street to the apartment. \u00c2\u00a0A lunch of Poulet R\u00c3\u00b4ti, saut\u00c3\u00a9ed fennel, onions and potatoes and the bread from\u00c2\u00a0Le Moulin de la Vierge. Oh I almost forgot we stopped at \u00c2\u00a0La Maison Stohrer (51 rue Montorgueil IIe)\u00c2\u00a0for some pastries, and Sables, one regular and, of course, another chocolate for Pat.<\/p>\n —————————————– Figaro newspaper rated Stohrer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s custard cream-filled eclairs as being the best in Paris<\/p><\/div>\n A good way to judge the quality of a patisserie (pastry\/bakery shop) is by tasting its eclairs. The outer shell made with eggs should be light and airy. The cream is rich and velvety without being too cloyingly sweet. A difficult balancing act. Eclairs normally are chocolate with chocolate or vanilla cream filling or coffee-flavored with coffee-flavored filling.<\/p>\n Figaro<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0newspaper rated Stohrer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s custard cream-filled eclairs as being the best in Paris. We think Maison Collet\u00c2\u00a0(100, rue Montorgueil)\u00c2\u00a0is just as good and less expensive. Tonight, cheese , p\u00c3\u00a2te, fruit and bread! \u00c2\u00a0Oh yes, WINE! (Pat’s comment: the pate tastes like spam! YUCK!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>They still use the same machine for handling coins you drop them into a hole after the Madame enters the amount in the register and if you enter correctly you are on your was, if not it gives change.<\/p>\n
\nThis is not your ordinary bakery. Established in 1730 as a royal bakery, modern-day royalty including HRH Queen Elizabeth have actually graced this establishment with a visit (and a taste, of course). Even if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care for sweets, a stroll down the pedestrian Rue Montorgueil is well worth the detour. I always think of Montorgeuil as being Sarah Turnbull\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchood\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (author of\u00c2\u00a0Almost French<\/a><\/strong><\/em>). In fact it was Turnbull\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beautiful description of this street which first brought me to Montorgueil. Stohrer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s is one of the several landmark shops and restaurants.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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