Moments of Edgar Degas

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Moments of Edgar Degas

 

1858-67. The Bellelli Family

1860-62. Young Woman with Ibis

1860. Young Spartans Exercising. Historical painting stage.

1861. Semiramis Building Babylon

1865. A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers. He met Manet in 1864, and under his influence, he abandoned historical painting and started painting everyday situations.

1866-68. The Parade

1869. The Orchestra at the Opera

1869. Woman Ironing

1871-74. The Dance Class

1872. Orchestra Musicians

1873. A Cotton Office in New Orleans

1873-75. Dancer Posing for a Photographer. In 1873, he joined the group of young people who were later called "Impressionists." Although he became a leading figure in the group, he did not paint in the Impressionist style and did not like to be called an Impressionist.

1874. The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

1876. Ballet

1877. Café Concert at Les Ambassadeurs

1880. Dancer

1881. Jockeys in the Rain

1884-85. Dancers

1884-86. Ironers. In 1886, the group of impressionists dissolved.

1890-95. After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself

1894. Race Horses in a Landscape

1894-96. La Toilette

1894-98. Woman with a Towel

1895-99. Race Horses

1896. Dancer Adjusting Her Sandal

1899. Two Dancers in Yellow and Pink

1899. Blue Dancers

1899. Four Dancers

1903. Dancers in Yellow Skirts

We can observe in the timeline that he worked on his favorite subjects (dancers, nudity, horse racing, and women ironing) and returned to them again and again throughout his life.

 

Recommended links:

Degas and the Dancers.

“Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult: the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.”

Techniques: The Pastel.

Timeline: artistic movements from Neoclassicism till the end of the 19th century.

Edgar Degas and artificial light.

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