Berthe Morisot Quote

There is constant sun, good weather all the time, the ocean like a slab of slate - there is nothing less picturesque than this combination


In a letter to her sister Edma, Summer 1873; as quoted in The Correspondence of Berthe Morisot, with her family and friends Denish Rouart - newly introduced by Kathleen Adler and Tamer Garb; Camden Press London 1986, p. 43


There is constant sun, good weather all the time, the ocean like a slab of slate - there is nothing less picturesque than this combination

There is constant sun, good weather all the time, the ocean like a slab of slate - there is nothing less picturesque than this combination

There is constant sun, good weather all the time, the ocean like a slab of slate - there is nothing less picturesque than this combination

There is constant sun, good weather all the time, the ocean like a slab of slate - there is nothing less picturesque than this combination