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A Monkey With a Box of Paints: Berthe Morisot Episodes

    5. Opening

    5/5 The first impressionist exhibition finally opens, and Berthe has to face her critics.

    4. Agonising

    4/5 Paris is overrun with militia preparing for the forthcoming war with Prussia.

    3. Rivalry

    3/5 Berthe poses for a portrait by Manet, but his admiration for a rival painter is growing.

    2. Passion

    2/5 Berthe compares herself to Baudelaire, and Manet is impressed with her passion.

    1. First Stirrings

    1/5 The life of female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot.