http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/impressionist_fact_of_the_day_3 Thanks, Mom: Berthe [Morisot] had already made a sale or two through a dealer. But Cornélie [Berthe's mother] was sceptical. Degas was hugely complimentary, but a few compliments from fellow artists seemed to have gone to Berthe's head. 'Are they really sincere?' Cornélie asked Edma [Berthe's sister]. 'Puvis [de Chavannes, another painter and a suitor of Berthe's] has told her that her work has such subtlety and distinction that it makes others miserable... Frankly, is it as good as all that?' Furthermore, how was any of this supposed to help her marriage prospects? 'Whenever she works she has an anxious,... Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:46:58 -0800 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:57:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss if it's not one thing, it's your mother!

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