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Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas (UK: /ˈdeɪɡɑː/, US: /deɪˈɡɑː, dəˈɡɑː/;[1][2] born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.

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Edgar Degas

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas

(1834-07-19)19 July 1834
Paris, Kingdom of France

27 September 1917(1917-09-27) (aged 83)

Paris, France

Painting, sculpture, drawing

Impressionism

Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.[3] Although Degas is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist,[4] and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did.


Degas was a superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his rendition of dancers and bathing female nudes. In addition to ballet dancers and bathing women, Degas painted racehorses and racing jockeys, as well as portraits. His portraits are notable for their psychological complexity and their portrayal of human isolation.[5]


At the beginning of his career, Degas wanted to be a history painter, a calling for which he was well prepared by his rigorous academic training and close study of classical Western art. In his early thirties he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, he became a classical painter of modern life.[6]

Degas - Self Portrait, c.1852

Degas - Self Portrait, c.1852

Marguerite de Gas 1853

Marguerite de Gas 1853

Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet, 1856/57, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet, 1856/57, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The Bellelli Family, 1858–1867, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

The Bellelli Family, 1858–1867, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, 1865, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, 1865, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Amateur, 1866, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Amateur, 1866, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836–1902), 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836–1902), 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Édouard Manet and Mme. Manet, 1868–1869, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

Édouard Manet and Mme. Manet, 1868–1869, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

The Orchestra of the Opera, 1870, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

The Orchestra of the Opera, 1870, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon, c. 1871, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon, c. 1871, Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Dancing Class, 1871, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Dancing Class, 1871, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Ballet Rehearsal, 1873, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ballet Rehearsal, 1873, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Rehearsal on Stage, 1874, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Rehearsal on Stage, 1874, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

At the Café-Concert: The Song of the Dog, 1875–1877, Private collection

At the Café-Concert: The Song of the Dog, 1875–1877, Private collection

Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877–1879, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877–1879, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Fin d'Arabesque, with ballerina Rosita Mauri, 1877, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Fin d'Arabesque, with ballerina Rosita Mauri, 1877, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Dancer with a Bouquet of Flowers (Star of the Ballet) (also with ballerina Rosita Mauri), 1878

Dancer with a Bouquet of Flowers (Star of the Ballet) (also with ballerina Rosita Mauri), 1878

The Singer with the Glove, 1878, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Singer with the Glove, 1878, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Stage Rehearsal, 1878–1879, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Stage Rehearsal, 1878–1879, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Portrait of Henri Michel-Lévy, 1878, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Portrait of Henri Michel-Lévy, 1878, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879, The National Gallery, London

Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879, The National Gallery, London

Woman in Street Clothes, Portrait of Ellen Andrée, 1879, pastel on paper

Woman in Street Clothes, Portrait of Ellen Andrée, 1879, pastel on paper

Deux danseuses, 1879 at the Shelburne Museum

Deux danseuses, 1879 at the Shelburne Museum

Waiting, pastel on paper, 1880–1882

Waiting, pastel on paper, 1880–1882

Before the Race, 1882–1884, oil on panel, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Before the Race, 1882–1884, oil on panel, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The Millinery Shop, 1885, The Art Institute of Chicago

The Millinery Shop, 1885, The Art Institute of Chicago

Dancers at the Bar, 1888, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Dancers at the Bar, 1888, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Three Dancers in Yellow Skirts, c. 1891, The Detroit Institute of Arts

Three Dancers in Yellow Skirts, c. 1891, The Detroit Institute of Arts

The Milliners, c. 1898, St. Louis Art Museum

The Milliners, c. 1898, St. Louis Art Museum

Blue Dancers, 1897, pastel on paper, Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Blue Dancers, 1897, pastel on paper, Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Ukrainian Dancers, c. 1899, pastel and charcoal on paper, 73 × 59 cm, The National Gallery, London

Ukrainian Dancers, c. 1899, pastel and charcoal on paper, 73 × 59 cm, The National Gallery, London

Capriati, Elio (2009). I Segreti di Degas. Milan: Mjm Editore.  978-88-95682-68-6.

ISBN

Dumas, Ann, et al. (1997). at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams.

The Private Collection of Edgar Degas

Naomi Lubrich: Ceci n’est pas un chapeau: What is Art and what is Fashion in Degas's Millinery Series?, Fashion Theory, 2022, Manuscript ID: 2113602

and Thomson, Richard (2005). Degas, Sickert, and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris, 1870-1910. London: Tate Publishing.

Robins, Anna Gruetzner

Valery, Paul (1989). Degas, Manet, . Princeton University Press.

Morisot

The Painter of Modern Life: Memories of Degas by and Walter Sickert, with an introduction by Anna Gruetzner Robins. London: Pallas Athene, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84368-080-2

George Moore

at the Art UK site

35 artworks by or after Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas at Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

At The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. 18 February — 14 May 2006.

TATE BRITAIN EXHIBITION: DEGAS, SICKERT AND TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, LONDON AND PARIS 1870–1910. 5 OCTOBER 2005 – 15 JANUARY 2006

Edgar Degas Gallery at MuseumSyndicate

Edgar Degas paintings and interactive timeline

ULAN Full Record Display for Edgar Degas. Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles.

Union List of Artist Names, Getty Vocabularies.

Works and literature on Edgar Degas

The Complete Set of Edgar Degas Bronzes at the M.T. Abraham Foundation

Edgar Degas exhibition catalogs and letter from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries

fully digitized text from The Metropolitan Museum of Art libraries

Impressionism: a centenary exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 12, 1974 – February 10, 1975

at Musée d'Orsay, from 28 March to 23 July 2023.

Manet/Degas exhibition

at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from 24 September 2023 – 7 January 2024.

Manet/Degas exhibition

in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

Edgar Degas