Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (Bourges, January 14, 1841-Paris, March 2, 1895) was a French painter, founder and key figure of the Impressionist movement.
He developed a professional artistic career for more than three decades, exhibiting from the age of 23 at the Paris Salon, and later joining the vanguard of the Impressionist exhibitions that began in 1874, in which Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, among others, also participated.

Her efforts to capture the sensations of vision through a complex network of broken brushstrokes placed her at the forefront of her time. Her painting, closely linked to her own life and the lives of those around her, depicts her surroundings as she saw them, with great naturalness.

Manet's initial assessment of Berthe and her sister had very negative connotations, as can be seen in the comments he made to Henri Fantin-Latour in a letter in August 1868.

"I share your opinion, the Morisot sisters are charming, it's a shame they aren't men, however, as women they could defend the cause of painting by each marrying an academic and thus sowing discord in the field of those old-fashioned types, although it would be asking too great a sacrifice of them."

This quote is just one example of how, throughout her life and career, Berthe Morisot had to fight against preconceived notions about women and the obstacles these created for the development of her artistic career. As such, she was a highly unusual figure in her decision to be a professional painter while also being a wife and mother, yet until the first scholarly revisions, especially those of a feminist nature, she was seen as a secondary figure in the movement rather than occupying an irreplaceable place in its formation. Despite this, Morisot was a key figure in the founding of Impressionism as a movement, in its exhibitions, and within its circle, setting a precedent for all women artists and aspiring artists in the future.