Marie Bracquemond - Self Portrait

Marie Bracquemond was once labelled by art historian Henri Focillon as one of “les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism . . . alongside her peers Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt.

Admittedly, she is probably the least well known of the three, due in part to the efforts of a jealous husband, (the French printmaker Felix Bracquemond) who seems to have tak…