Girl in Rose Dress

Against a soft background of pale blue and green, a girl with her hair pinned up stands in profile in a rose-colored dress. The dress and background are rendered with layered thin strokes, so that they seem to shimmer.

With vivid color enveloping the silhouette of gently sloping shoulders and full curves, the girl's fresh expression is accurately captured in an Impressionist touch, according to the commentary. It is one of Morisot's representative pastel masterpieces, in which her delicate sensibility and sweet sense of color shine.

Morisot took drawing lessons from childhood and, from 1861, painted outdoors under the guidance of Corot. She later met Manet and received instruction from him. She exhibited seven times in the Impressionist exhibitions.