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Edma Pontillon was Berthe Morisot's elder sister, and they trained together, receiving private instruction and sharing a studio space.
Edma Morisot was a French artist and the older sister of the Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot....
Edma Morisot
French painter
Edma Morisot | |
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Painting of the artist's sister, Edma Morisot by Berthe Morisot | |
| Born | 13 December 1839 (1839-12-13) Valenciennes, France |
| Died | 2 May 1921 (1921-05-03) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | impressionism |
| Spouse | Adolphe Pontillon (m. 1869) |
Edma Morisot (French: [mɔʁizo]; Marie Edma Caroline Morisot-Pontillon; 13 December 1839 – 2 May 1921) was a French artist and the older sister of the Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot.
Early life and education
Edma Morisot was born in 1839 in Valenciennes, France.[1] Brought up largely in Paris, Edma Morisot received a bourgeois education, like her sisters Yves and Berthe, that included piano and drawing.
All three sisters were encouraged to pursue drawing by their mother, who had them first study with the neoclassical painter Geoffroy Alphonse Chocane in 1857.[2