Round 12: Tossup 10

Julian Barnes called this artist a “necessary talent” in an essay that highlights the paintings Washerwoman and Young Girl in a Green Coat. A woman wearing a velvet ribbon reaches up to undo her chignon in a painting by this artist that uses visible pink, blue, and white brushstrokes. A woman looks toward ducks as her companion (-5[1])faces the viewer with a blue umbrella in her lap in a painting this artist (-5[1])set on a boat (10[1])in the Bois de Boulogne (-5[2])(“BWAH duh boo-LON-yuh”). In (-5[1])a painting by this artist of Summer’s Day, gauze arcing over a sleeping infant mirrors (10[1])the curved (10[1])arm of (10[1])a mother modeled (-5[1])on this artist’s (10[1])sister (10[1])Edma. (10[2]-5[1])This student (10[1])of Corot (“kor-OH”), who exhibited in seven of the eight Impressionist shows, (10[1]-5[2])modeled (10[1])for the painting The Balcony by her brother-in-law, (10[2])Édouard (10[1])Manet. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this French “grande dame” who painted Woman at Her Toilette and The Cradle. (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

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