Marie BRACQUEMOND

As a pupil of the Neoclassical painter Ingres (who won his respect despite the prevailing prejudice against women artists) French painter and printmaker Marie Bracquemond (1840-1916) went on to embrace a more radical painterly language. She exhibited in three of the eight major Impressionist exhibitions in Paris, despite her husband, printmaker Félix Bracquemond's disapproval. She was a colleague of Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and Eva Gonzalès and is recognized as one of the founding female members of the Impressionist movement.