Artist: Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)
Nationality: French
Movement: Impressionism
Media: Painting, Sculpture
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Biography:
As a lifelong student of Italian Renaissance and sixteenth century painters, Edgar Degas developed a passionate interest for accuracy in his forms. He met Manet in 1861, who introduced him to the impressionism and allowed him to participate in most of their exhibitions. Despite the tendency of the Impressionists to favor landscapes, Degas is most recognized by his painting of female dancers. When his sight began to fail in 1875, Degas began to experiment with pastels, capturing momentary images with a departure from classical poses. Degas is also known for his sculptures, which he created out of wax and clay originally, but were cast in bronze after his death.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Abstract Lines
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Sketches of a Café Singer
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Degas and Other Sketches
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Interior Scene
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Ludovic Halévy
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Achille Degas Date: 1872 - 1873 Medium: oil wash on parchment
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Nude Putting on Stockings
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Louise Halévy Reclining
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Louise Halévy Reading to Degas
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Man in Profile
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Sketches of Men in Profile
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Soirée
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Artist: Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas Title: Portrait of Marguerite Degas Date: 19th century Medium: black
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Brothel Scene
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Self-Portrait
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Sketches of Procession
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Opera Fan and Ernest Reyer
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Artist: Edgar Degas and artist unknown Title: Portrait of Miss Hortense Valpinçon Date: about 1869
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Caricature Sketches
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Sulking, ca. 1870s Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 12 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.
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Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas - Portrait of Estelle Musson Degas 1872 oil on canvas New Orleans Museum of Art French
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An Album of Pencil Sketches
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Two Sketches
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Ballet Dancers Rehearsing
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Three Sketches
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Sketches of Café Singers
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Self-portrait, possibly 1854 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on paper, laid down on canvas; 16 x
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Café Concert Rehearsal
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Opera Boxes
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Five Rapid Sketches
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Reyer and the Washerwoman
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Brothel Scene
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Two Men, ca. 1865-69 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on wood; 10 5/8 x 8 1/8
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Brothel Scene
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Sketches of a Café Singer
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After the Bath, Woman Drying Her Back
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Brothel Scene
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Sketches of Café Singers
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Portrait of a Woman in Gray, ca. 1865 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 36
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Brothel Scene
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Ludovic Lepic at the Theatre
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Beside the Sea Date: 1869 Medium: pastel Dimensions: H.17-1/4 x W.20-1/8
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Prostitute
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Louise Halévy
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The Dancing Class, probably 1871 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on wood; 7 3/4 x 10
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Sketches of a Ballet Master
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The Dancers Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel and charcoal on paper; 28 x 23 1/4 in.
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The Artist"s Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841-1878), 1873 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel
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The Singer in Green, ca. 1884 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on light blue laid paper;
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Sketches of a Café Singer
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Portraits at the Stock Exchange, 1876 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on paper, pieced and laid
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The Old Italian Woman, 1857 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 29 1/2 x 24
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The Dance Class, probably 1874 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 32 3/4 x 30
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A Woman Ironing, 1873 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 21 3/8 x 15 1/2
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Fan Mount: Ballet Girls, 1879 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Watercolor, silver, and gold on silk; 7
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Brothel Scene
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Édouard Manet, Seated, ca. 1866-68 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris); portrait of Édouard Manet
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The Ballet from "Robert le Diable", 1871 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 26 x
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Russian Dancer, 1899 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel over charcoal on tracing paper; 24 3/8 x
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Sketches of a Café Singer
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Two Dancers, ca. 1879 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Charcoal and white chalk on green commercially coated
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Two Dancers, Half-length Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on paper; 18 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: The Violinist Date: about 1879 Medium: charcoal heightened with white chalk
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Ballet Girl in Repose Date: about 1880 - 1882 Medium: charcoal
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Portrait of Paul Valpinçon Date: 1875 - 1899 Medium: oil on
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Mary Cassatt at the Louvre Date: 1879 - 1880 Medium: etching
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Ballet Dancers Rehearsing
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After the Bath
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Dancer with a Fan, ca. 1880 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on gray-green laid paper; 24
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Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub, 1885 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Charcoal and pastel on light
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Sketches of Café Singers
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Dancer Onstage, ca. 1877 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Gouache over graphite underdrawing on thin wove commercially
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Race Horses, 1885-88 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on wood; 11 7/8 x 16 in. (30.2
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Sketches of Café Singers
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Sketches of Café Singers
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Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself Date: 1891 - 1892 Medium: etching
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James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836-1902), ca. 1867-68 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 59 5/8 x 44
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Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, ca. 1882-85 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil
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Bather Stepping into a Tub, ca. 1890 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel and charcoal on blue
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Three Jockeys, ca. 1900 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on tracing paper, laid down on board;
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At the Milliner"s, 1881 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on five pieces of wove paper, backed
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The Milliner, ca. 1882 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel and charcoal on warm gray wove paper,
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Reyer and the Washerwoman
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Woman Drying Her Arm, late 1880s–early 1890s Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel and charcoal on off-white
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Reyer and the Washerwoman
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Dancers, Pink and Green, ca. 1890 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 32 3/8 x
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Joseph-Henri Altès (1826-1895), 1868 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8
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Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838-1893), 1869 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 21 3/4
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Dancers Practicing at the Bar, 1877 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Mixed media on canvas; 29 3/4
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Woman on a Sofa, 1875 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with
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Woman Drying Her Foot, 1885-86 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to
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Brothel Scene
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Brothel Scene
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A Woman Seated Beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), 1865 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French,
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Three Dancers Preparing for Class, after 1878 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on buff-colored wove paper;
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The Collector of Prints, 1866 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 20 7/8 x 15
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Woman with a Towel, 1894 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on cream-colored wove paper with red
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Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1885 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 10 3/4
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Waiting: Dancer and Woman with Umbrella
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Woman Combing Her Hair, ca. 1888-90 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Pastel on light green wove paper,

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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High Museum: Degas & America: The Early Collectors
Because American collectors embraced Degas' work in all media - oils, pastels, drawings, prints and sculpture - and from all periods of his career, the exhibition offers a first-rate survey of his work. His early academic drawings, his engag...
: Degas Fetches Record Price
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Gemeentemuseum Den Haag: The Time of Degas
The display revolves around Edgar Degas, the odd-man-out of the Impressionist movement. The breadth of his taste is demonstrated by his appreciation both of the Classicism of Ingres and of the free handling of paint and use of colour in Delacroix'...
Musee du Quebec: Degas & Pissarro, Alchemy of an Encounter
Degas & Pissarro, Alchemy of an Encounter constitutes a unique opportunity for discovering another facet of the talent of these two great artists who, of all Impressionists, were th...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Degas Sculptures
Degas created sculpture throughout most of his career and was immortalized as "the greatest living sculptor" by painter Auguste Renoir, despite having exhibited only one sculpture during his lifetime - Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen. This wax figure...
Fundacao Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva: Bonnard, Degas, Vuillard: Photographs
Consciously or unconsciously, the setting of the image expresses the particular sensitivity of the photographer. That of Bonnard reveals purity in sensuality which never ceases to move us. That of Degas, a more sophisticated gaze, pursues the perm...
National Gallery of Art: A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt
Examples by great old masters who created some of their most powerful work after the turn of the century--Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, and Winslow Homer--are shown side by side with works by the younger generation of artists, such as Pablo Picasso,...
Portland Museum of Art: Degas, Rodin, and Moore: Bronzes by European Masters
The exhibition offers a varied sampling of bronze sculpture, mostly small scale and predominantly French and German, that chronicles nearly a century of activity. The earliest bronzes to be included date to the 1880s, such as Degas’s Fourth Posit...
Columbia Museum of Art: A Body of Work: The Human Figure from Degas to Diebenkorn
“The human figure has been a significant genre throughout the history of art. To examine the human figure and the techniques and styles in its depiction throughout the 20th century is the motivation behind organizing A Body of Work: The Human Figu...
Phoenix Art Museum: All 73 sculptures by Edgar Degas
Featured among Degas’s celebrated dancers, bathers and horses in Degas in Bronze is the famed Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen. This single sculpture, worked on by Degas for two years, may be the most historically important sculpture in French art of...
Vancouver Art Gallery: Impressionist Masterworks from the National Gallery of Canada
The first Impressionist exhibition of 1874 exploded like a bombshell in the complacent world of French academic art. The young artists who participated in this show and the seven exhibitions that followed, had abandoned historical subje...
San Diego Museum of Art: Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures
The collection of 73 sculptures in the show is one of only four complete sets of Degas bronzes, which were cast shortly after the artist’s death, in existence. They come from the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil, and their presentation is organi...
Detroit Institute of Art: A Century of Collecting 1900-2000: Drawings from the DIA Collection
Artists from the past through the present are featured including Michelangelo, Cezanne, and Degas as well as Charles Demuth, Diego Rivera, and Ed Ruscha....
Musee d'Orsay: Daumier
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National Gallery of Art: Mellon gives gift to National Gallery
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Thomas Dane: Translations - Creative Copying and Originality
The idea that artists create autonomously is a great myth. The exhibition shows how artists have always been attracted by the works of their predecessors and contemporaries and how they have explored the creative potential of copying for their own...
Philbrook Museum of Art: The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse
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Bristol Museums and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on tour from the National Gallery, London
Also on display is work on the theme of the family today by Bristol school children and young people. ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Very Private Collection: Janice H. Levin's Impressionist Pictures
A longtime supporter of the arts in New York, Janice Levin was an Honorary Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1993 until her death in 2001. A number of significant works from the collection have been bequeathed to American museums, inc...
Cleveland Museum of Art: French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
They include works by such well-known masters as François Boucher, Théodore Géricault, Jean-François Millet, and Edgar Degas. Many of these drawings are unknown to both the public and scholars, so this exhibition and its accompanying catalogue hig...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Curated by Diane De Grazia with Carter Foster, the exhibition will travel to the Pierpont Morgan Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. National City is the international sponsor of Master Drawings from the Cle...
Musee d'Orsay: Theo van Gogh : art-dealer, collector, Vincent's brother
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National Gallery of Art: The Unfinished Print: Works by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Degas, Munch and Others
The exhibition opens in conjunction with Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades and American Naive Paintings, which will be on view during the same period in adjacent galleries. ...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints
In the 19th century, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro continued to experiment with intaglio techniques but also used the new medium of lithography. Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, and Bonnard from the 1890s — the great era of color lith...
Frick Collection: Six Paintings from the Former Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney on Loan from the Greentree Foundation
The selection reflects the Whitneys’ interest in art produced in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which formed the core of their renowned collection. The six paintings, displayed in the Garden Court, are accompan...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Five New Painting Galleries to Open
The V&A has remarkable collections of eighteenth and nineteenth century British landscape paintings and watercolours (the national collection of watercolours is held at the V&A). Three galleries will focus on the image of landscape in Britain as...
Denver Art Museum: Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums
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Somerset House: New displays: Into the 20th Century
New loans will include a group of over 30 Fauve paintings, including work by Matisse, Derain, Dufy and Vlaminck, as well as a selection of paintings and drawings by Kandinsky. The sculpture will include by Degas, Rodin, Maillol, Matisse, Laurens, ...
Frick Art and Historical Center: Post-Impressionist Prints: Paris in the 1890s
Late 19th-century Parisian painters experimented freely with new developments in printmaking and worked closely with skillful printmakers and publishers to produce some of the ...
National Gallery of Art: MASTERWORKS HONORS PAUL MELLON'S LEGACY OF GIFTS TO THE NATION; INCLUDES 14 RARE DEGAS WAXES
This exhibition honors Paul Mellon, whose generosity and service to the nation are unsurpassed, said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. The full breadth of Mr. Mellons gifts ...

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