Julie Manet Rouart | |
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 Manet in 1894 (aged 15) | |
| Born | Julie Manet (1878-11-14)14 November 1878 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 July 1966(1966-07-14) (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Model, author ofGrowing up with the Impressionists |
| Spouse | Ernest Rouart |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Berthe Morisot Eugène Manet |
| Relatives | Édouard Manet (paternal uncle) |
Julie Manet Rouart (French pronunciation:[ʒylimanɛʁwaʁ]; 14 November 1878 – 14 July 1966) was a French painter, model, diarist, and art collector.
Born in Paris, Manet was the daughter and only child of artistBerthe Morisot andEugène Manet, younger brother of painterÉdouard 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 criticStéphane 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, includingRenoir and her uncle Édouard.
Her teenage diary, published in English asGrowing up with the Impressionists, provides insights into the lives of French painters, includingRenoir,Degas,Monet, andSisley, as well the 1896 state visit ofTsar Nicholas II and theDreyfus 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]
Her mother, Berthe Morisot, died of pneumonia when Julie was only 16, in 1895.
In May 1900 Julie married the painter and engraverErnest Rouart, artist and son of the painterHenri Rouart.[3] The wedding, which took place inPassy, was a double ceremony in which Julie's cousin Jeannine Gobillard (nicknamed "Bibi" and the daughter of Yves Morisot,[4] the elder sister ofEdma Morisot andBerthe Morisot), marriedPaul 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 theMarmottan Monet Museum.[5] Denis Rouart editedThe Correspondence of Berthe Morisot with her family and her friends (1959).
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