Manet & Morisot is the official exhibition catalog accompanying the 2025–2026 museum tour organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Cleveland Museum of Art. The volume offers an intimate exploration of the artistic friendship at the heart of Impressionism.
Édouard Manet (1832–1883), pioneer of modern painting, and Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), the sole female founding member of the Impressionist group, shared a close relationship over fifteen years as colleagues, friends, and family. Through collaboration, competition, and mutual collecting, each influenced the other’s work and transformed modern art.
Featuring landmark paintings, pastels, drawings, and archival documents, the catalog offers fresh scholarly perspectives on how these artists exchanged ideas, challenged one another, and developed parallel approaches to contemporary subjects. Essays by leading specialists examine the evolution of their styles, their social and artistic networks, and the historical context that influenced their innovations.
Richly illustrated and superbly researched, this volume provides an essential resource for understanding Manet’s and Morisot’s individual achievements as well as their lasting contribution to the transformation of modern art. Ideal for museum visitors, collectors, students, and anyone drawn to Impressionism and the cultural world of late 19th-century France.
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