Berthe Morisot - In a Park / Dans le parc

In a Park (Dans le parc / Sur la pelouse), created around 1874 in pastel on paper by Berthe Morisot, is an Impressionist family scene portraying her sister Edma Pontillon at rest in tall grass with her two young daughters, Jeanne and Blanche, the family dog close by and a butterfly net lying in the grass. Edma had trained and exhibited alongside Berthe as a painter before abandoning her artistic ambitions after her marriage in 1869, making this quiet scene of maternal care especially resonant within the sisters' shared history. Morisot's loose, luminous pastel handling blends the figures into dense green vegetation and summer foliage, giving the everyday moment an intimate, secluded warmth.