Julie Manet
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Julie Manet Rouart (French pronunciation: [ʒyli manɛ ʁwaʁ]; 14 November 1878 – 14 July 1966) was a French painter, model, diarist, and art collector.
Julie Manet Rouart | |
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Manet in 1894 (aged 15) | |
| Born | Julie Manet 14 November 1878 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 July 1966 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Model, author of Growing up with the Impressionists |
| Spouse | Ernest Rouart |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Berthe Morisot Eugène Manet |
| Relatives | Édouard Manet (paternal uncle) |
Biography
Born in Paris, Manet was the daughter and only child of artist Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet, younger brother of painter Édouard Manet. The death of both parents within a three-year period left her orphaned at the age of 16.[1] As a result, she came under the guardianship of the poet and critic Stéphane Mallarmé and went to live with her cousins. She also received support from the family's artist friends, Renoir in particular.
Throughout her life Julie posed frequently for her mother and other Impressionist artists, including Renoir and her uncle Édouard.
Book
Her teenage diary, published in English as Growing up with the Impressionists, provides insights into the lives of French painters, including Renoir, Degas, Monet, and Sisley, as well the 1896 state visit of Tsar Nicholas II and the Dreyfus Affair, which was then raging in France. Notably, her candid accounts of dinner-table conversations about the Dreyfus Affair cast light on Renoir's privately held views on patriotism and anti-Semitism.[2]
Personal life
Her mother, Berthe Morisot, died of pneumonia when Julie was only 16, in 1895.
In May 1900 Julie married the painter and engraver Ernest Rouart, artist and son of the painter Henri Rouart.[3] The wedding, which took place in Passy, was a double ceremony in which Julie's cousin Jeannine Gobillard (nicknamed "Bibi" and the daughter of Yves Morisot,[4] the elder sister of Edma Morisot and Berthe Morisot), married Paul Valéry. Julie had three children, Julien (born 1901), Clément (born 1906) and Denis (born 1908). Both Julien and Denis inherited some of Morisot's paintings, now in the Marmottan Monet Museum.[5] Denis Rouart edited The Correspondence of Berthe Morisot with her family and her friends (1959).
Julie Manet as model
Berthe Morisot, Eugène Manet and His Daughter at Bougival, 1881
Édouard Manet, Julie Manet sitting on a Watering Can, 1882
Berthe Morisot, Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden, 1883
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Julie Manet with Cat, 1887
Berthe Morisot, Julie Manet and Her Greyhound Laertes, 1893
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Berthe Morisot and daughter Julie Manet, 1894
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Julie Manet, 1894
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