The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot Drawing with Her Daughter) (1889): Art, History and Details

The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot Drawing with Her Daughter) (1889) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Encouraged by the Impressionist Mary Cassatt and the poet Stéphane Mallarmé, Morisot experimented with printmaking between 1887 and 1889. In this drypoint, a technique in which a sharp tool is used to scratch lines onto a copper plate, Morisot looks directly at the viewer—as if drawing our portrait—while 11-year-old Julie observes her mother at work.

Object facts

• Title: The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot Drawing with Her Daughter)
• Date: 1889
• Creator attribution: Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: drypoint
• Collection: PR - Drypoint
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1925.1036

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

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