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Marie Bracquemond was among a few women artists within the Impressionist circle. After exhibiting at the Salon from a relatively young age, she married the printmaker Félix Bracquemond and met artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas through his friendship with them. This drawing is one of several compositions related to <em>Muses of the Arts</em>, one of Bracquemond’s best known works, featuring personifications of various artforms—such as, here, architecture. The completed work was featured in the Exposition Universelle in 1878, while the related drawings, possibly including this one, were singled out for praise in the 1879 Impressionist group exhibition.

Artist / Maker	Marie Bracquemond
Date	1878
Culture / Origin	France
Medium	black chalk on pale pink wove paper
Dimensions	Matted: 55.9 x 43 cm (22 x 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 x 26.1 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Department	Drawings
Type	Drawing

About the Artist

BiographyMarie Bracquemond (1840–1916) — French painter (1840–1916).Marie Bracquemond worked as painter, porcelain painter, printmaker, ceramicist and artist and is associated with France. Their documented life spans the years 1840 to 1916, born in Landunvez, died in Sèvres. Their work is linked to Impressionism.Disciplinespainter, porcelain painter, printmaker, ceramicist, artistBorn1840, LandunvezDied1916, SèvresNationalityFranceMovementImpressionismSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →

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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.

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