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1. First Stirrings

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Early criticism and meeting Manet. The life of female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Starring Sarah-Jane Holm.

Jane Beeson tells the story of the female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot through her correspondence with her mother and sister.

As the first impressionist exhibition opens to the ridicule of the critics, the first stirrings of Berthe's talent are recalled with an early encounter with Γ‰douard Manet.

Berthe ... Sarah-Jane Holm
Cornelie ... Pauline Munro
Manet ...Simon Chandler
Edma .... Alison Pettitt
Guichard .... Robert Lister
Woolf ... Ian Brooker

Directed at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Pebble Mill by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in October 2001.

15 minutes

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