Edgar Degas Art
Degas, Edgar (July 19, 1834, Paris, France - September 27, 1917, Paris), French painter and sculptor, known especially for his paintings of ballet dancers. Other subjects that he frequently returned to include horse races, women bathing, and portraits of friends and relatives. Degas combined a modern focus on the creation of unusual compositions and the rendering of movement with a traditional emphasis on skillful drawing. An accomplished sculptor as well as painter, he molded, in wax and clay, exquisite small statues of dancers, female bathers, and horses in motion.
Degas is usually classed with the Impressionism, but he stood somewhat apart from the other artists in this group. He did not share the Impressionists' fascination with natural light and its effects, and he disliked painting directly from nature, preferring instead to work in the studio. Moreover, Degas had little interest in landscape - the primary subject matter of the Impressionists - and concentrated instead on the human figure. Also unlike the Impressionists, Degas was interested in drawing and emphasized line in his work.
The art of Degas reflects a concern for the psychology of movement and expression and the harmony of line and continuity of contour.
Degas experimented a good deal with technique. He tried various printmaking methods, and in his paintings he sometimes used unusual combinations of media, such as pastel or crayon with tempera paint. As he began to lose his sight in the 1880s, Degas increasingly worked in pastels as they were less demanding than oil paint. His pastels are usually simple compositions containing one or two figures. In these works Degas depended on vibrant colors and meaningful gestures rather than on precise lines and careful detailing. He went over outlines again and again in heavy charcoal, and he blended his pinks, purples, and greens to create brilliant color.
Degas was not well known to the public, and his true artistic stature did not become evident until after his death. Before 2005, Degas paintings sold for as much as $16 million.
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Contents
- Portrait of Rene De Gas, 1855
- Portrait of Rene De Gas 2, 1855
- Self Portrait, 1855
- Degas in a Green Jacket, 1856
- A Roman Beggar Woman, 1857
- Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet, 1857
- Portrait of Rene-Hillaire De Gas, 1857
- Woman on a Terrace aka Young Woman and Ibis, 1857
- Dante and Virgil at the Entrance to Hell, 1858
- Self Portrait in a Soft Hat, 1858
- Portrait of Giulia Bellelli, 1859
- Promenade by the Sea, 1860
- Still Life with Lizzard, 1860
- Study of Hands, 1860
- The Daughter of Jephtha, 1860
- The Young Spartans, 1860
- Alexander and Bucephalus, 1861
- Semiramis Building Babylon, 1861
- The Bellelli Family, 1861
- Two Riders by a Lake, 1861
- At the Races, The Start, 1862
- At the Stables, Horse and Dog, 1862
- Jockeys at Epsom, 1862
- A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers aka Sardela, 1865
- Self Portrait with Evariste de Valernes, 1865
- Edmondo and Therese Morbilli, 1866
- Giovanna and Giulia Bellelli, 1866
- Portrait of a Man, 1866
- Scene from the Steeplechase, The Fallen Jockey, 1866
- Self Portrait Saluting, 1866
- Victoria Duborg, 1866
- Edmond and Therese Morbilli, 1867
- Head of a Young Woman, 1867
- Josephine Gaujean, 1868
- Mademoiselle Marie Dihau, 1868
- Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet 'La Source', 1868
- Portrait of James Tissot, 1868
- Racehorses before the Stands, 1868
- The Promenade on Houseback, 1868
- Two Jockeys, 1868
- Boat on the Sand, 1869
- Interior (The Rape) (Detail 2), 1869
- Interior (The Rape) (Detail), 1869
- Landscape, the Sunset, 1869
- M. and Mme Edouard Manet, 1869
- Portrait of Madame Edmondo Morbilli, nee Therese De Gas, 1869
- Sulking, 1869
- Hortense Valpinion, 1870
- Lepic, 1870
- Madame Camus with a Fan, 1870
- The False Start, 1870
- The Orchestra of the Opera, 1870
- Dance Class, 1871
- Horses in a Meadow, 1871
- Jeantaud, Linet and Laine, 1871
- Racehorses at Longchamp, 1871
- Woman at the Window, 1871
- A Carriage at the Races, 1872
- Before the Race, 1872
- Class at Peletye, 1872
- Dancers Backstage, 1872
- Musicians in the Orchestr, 1872
- Out of the Paddock, 1872
- Woman Ironing, 1872
- Woman Seated on a Balcony, 1872
- Cotton Merchants in New Orleans, 1873
- Dancer, 1873
- Race Horses, 1873
- The Nurse, 1873
- The Song Rehearsal, 1873
- Three dancers, 1873
- Woman with a Bandage, 1873
- Eugene Manet, 1874
- The Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, 1874
- The Dance Class, 1874
- The Rehearsal, 1874
- The Rehearsal on Stage, 1874
- Two Dancers on Stage, 1874
- Ballet Rehearsal, 1875
- Henri Rouart in front of His Factory, 1875
- Peasant Girls Bathing in the Sea at Dusk, 1875
- Place de la Concorde, 1875
- Girl in Red, 1876
- Henri De Gas and His Neice, Lucie Degas, 1876
- The Absinthe Drinker, 1876
- The Duchess di Montajesi with Her Daughters, Elena and Camille, 1876
- Cafe Concert, At Les Ambassadeurs, 1877
- Dancers Practicing at the Bar, 1877
- Dancers in the Old Opera House, 1877
- Mademoiselle Malo, 1877
- The Cafe Concert, 1877
- The Song of the Dog, 1877
- Woman Leaving Her Bath, 1877
- Dancers, 1878
- Singer with a Glove, 1878
- The Dance Class, 1878
- The Star aka Dancer on Stage, 1878
- Two Dancers Entering the Stage, 1878
- Dancer Leaving Her Dressing Room, 1879
- Diego Martelli, 1879
- Portrait of Henri Michel-Levy, 1879
- Portraits, at the Stock Exchange, 1879
- Resting Dancer, 1879
- The Dance Lesson, 1879
- Three Ballet Dancers, 1879
- Before the Entrance on Stage, 1880
- Dancer Resting, 1880
- Dancers in the Classroom, 1880
- Lowering the Curtain, 1880
- On the Stage, 1880
- The Box at the Opera, 1880
- The Green Dancer, 1880
- The Green Dancer (Detail), 1880
- At the Ballet, 1881
- On Stage, 1881
- At the Milliner's 2, 1882
- Jockeys, 1882
- The Entrance of the Masked Dancers, 1882
- Waiting, 1882
- After the Bath, 1884
- Laundry Girls Ironing 2, 1884
- Portrait of Mary Cassatt, 1884
- Woman Trying on a Hat, 1884
- A Visit to the Museum, 1885
- After the Bath, 1885
- At the Cafe des Ambassadeurs, 1885
- At the Cafe des Ambassadeurs 2, 1885
- Ballerina and Lady with a Fan, 1885
- Nude Woman Pulling on Her Clothes, 1885
- The Ballet, 1885
- The Millinery Shop, 1885
- Three Dancers behind the Scenes, 1885
- The Tub, 1886
- Three Dancers in Pink, 1886
- Woman Combing Her Hair, 1886
- Woman Ironing, 1887
- Before the Race, 1888
- Woman Leaving Her Bath, 1888
- Horses and Jockeys, 1890
- Woman Combing Her Hair, 1890
- Women Leaning on a Railing, 1890
- Before the Ballet (Detail), 1892
- Interior at Menil-Hubert, 1892
- Rose Caron, 1892
- Ballet Scene, 1893
- The Lawn and the Undergrowth, 1893
- Woman Combing Her Hair 2, 1894
- Dance Rehearsal in the Studio of the Opera, 1895
- Dancer with Bouquets, 1895
- Dancers, Pink and Green, 1895
- Pagan and Degas' Father, 1895
- Woman Combing Her Hair, 1895
- Dancer and Tambourine, 1897
- Woman Drying Herself, 1897
- Henri Rouart and His Son Alexis, 1898
- Houses at the Foot of a Cliff aka Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, 1898
- Two Dancers, 1898
- Four Dancers, 1899
- Vor dem Spiegel, 1899
- Woman at Her Toilette, 1899
- Combing the Hair, 1900
- Dancers, 1900
- Dancers at Green-Room, 1901
- After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself, 1904
- After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself, 1905
- Dancers at the Barre, 1905
- Madame Alexis Rouart and Her Children, 1905
- Women Combing Their Hair, 1907
- At the Milliner's, 1910
- Woman Drying Hair, 1910
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