Portrait of Jeanne Pontillon

Jeanne Pontillon was the daughter of Berthe Morisot’s elder sister Edma and a frequent sitter through Morisot’s last decade. This portrait was painted in Morisot’s Paris apartment in 1894, the year before her death, and is held at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. The coral dress recurs in several late Morisot canvases as a deliberate counter to the muted greys of her earlier work.

The brushwork is loose and dragged throughout – feathered across the wall, scrubbed into the gown, more controlled in the face – and the colour scheme is built almost entirely on coral, rust and bottle green. Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was a central founding member of French Impressionism, exhibiting in seven of the eight Impressionist exhibitions; her work hangs at the Musee d’Orsay, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This Morisot impressionist art reproduction suits Perth and Fremantle bedrooms, sitting rooms and entry halls in warm white, plaster pink, sage or deep aubergine; the coral-and-green palette pairs well with timber, linen, brushed brass and antique rugs and responds quietly to a single olive branch, terracotta vessel or rust cushion.

Choose stretched canvas, white floating frame, slim black framed print or archival lustre paper. Each impressionist art reproduction is hand-finished in our Perth workshop and shipped Australia-wide on rigid backing.