Julie Manet

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Julie Manet


Born
in Paris, France
November 14, 1878

Died
July 14, 1966

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Édouard Manet, Stéphane Mallarmé, Henri Rouart, Auguste Renoir


Julie Manet was a French painter, model, diarist, and art collector.

She was the daughter and only child of artist Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet, and niece of painter Édouard Manet. The death of both parents within a three-year period left her orphaned at the age of 16. She came under the guardianship of the poet/critic Stéphane Mallarmé and went to live with her cousins. She also received support from the family's artist friends, Renoir in particular.

Her teenage diary, published in English as "Growing up with the Impressionists", provides insights into the lives of French painters, including Renoir, Degas, Monet, and Sisley, as well the 1896 state visit of Tsar Nicholas II and the Dreyfus Affair.

In May 1900 Julie married the French painte
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