Harriet Backer, the Music of Color at the Musée d’Orsay

Event Description

The Musée d’Orsay presents the first retrospective in France of Norwegian Harriett Backer (1845-1932) with her luminous interiors and plein-air painting. To quote the museum: “Although little known outside Norway, within her country Harriet Backer was the most renowned female painter of the late 19th century.” Inspired by both the realist movement and Impressionism, she “is also famous for her tender portraits of rural life and her interest in church interiors.”