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Edgar Degas: 1834-1917

July 19, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

L'absinthe Edgar Degas 1876Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas was born on July 19, 1834, to a wealthy banking family in Paris, France. Educated in Latin, Greek, and ancient history at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, Degas initially intended to study law, briefly attending the Sorbonne’s Faculté de Droit in 1853.

In 1855, he studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts with Louis Lamothe, learning the traditional Academic style with its emphasis on line and the importance of draftsmanship. Degas was also influenced by the paintings and frescoes he saw during several trips to Italy in the late 1850s.

Degas exhibited his history painting “The Misfortunes of the City of Orléans “ at the Salon in 1865, but following that he began focusing on painting scenes of modern life. He favoured themes of ballet dancers, laundresses, milliners, horse racing and other every day scenes. His interest in ballet dancers increased in the 1870s and he produced over 600 works on the subject. In his later years, Degas created works of women bathing, entirely without self-consciousness and un-posed.

From the late 1860s onward, Degas also produced many small sculptures in wax. He concentrated on the subjects seen in his paintings–horses, dancers and women washing. His interest in this medium increased in the mid-1880s in part as a result of his failing eyesight.

Before 1880, he generally used oils for his completed works, which were based on preliminary studies and sketches made in pencil or pastel. After 1875, he began using pastels more frequently, even in finished works, and by 1885, most of his more important works were done in pastel.  In the mid-1870s Degas returned to the medium of etching and began experimenting with printmaking media such as lithographs and monotypes.

Degas saw his work as “Realist” or “Independent” and did not like being labeled an “Impressionist” even though he was considered to be one of the group’s founders, an organizer of its exhibitions, and one of its core members. Like the Impressionists, his aim was to capture moments of modern life, yet he had little interest in painting plein air landscapes and his use of clear, hard outlines, set his works apart from the other Impressionists. An observer of everyday scenes, Degas captured in his works, natural positions and movement of the human body.

Degas continued working until about 1912, when he was forced to leave his long-time studio in Montmartre. He never married and any emotional relationships he may have had, remain uncertain. Edgar Degas died on September 27, 1917, at the age of 83.

The-Dance-Class-Edgar-Degas-1874
Petite-Danseuse-de-Quatorze-Ans-Edgar-Degas-1881
Women-Ironing-Edgar-Degas-1884
The-Dance-Lesson--Edgar-Degas-1879
The-Dance-Examination-Edgar-Degas-1880
The-Cotton-Exchange-Edgar-Degas-1873
Self-Portrait-Edgar-Degas-1855
Portrait-of-James-Tissot-Edgar-Degas-1867-68
Place-de-la-Concorde-Edgar-Degas-1875
Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old - Edgar Degas
Mlle-Fiocre-in-the-Ballet-The-Source-Edgar-Degas-1867-68
Milliners-Edgar-Degas-1882
Laundresses-Carrying-LInen-in-Town-Edgar-Degas-1876-78
L-absinthe-Edgar-Degas-1876
Four-Dancers-Edgar-Degas-1899
Girld-Drying-Herself-Edgar-Degas-1885
Ecole-de-Danse-Edgar-Degas-1873
At-the-Stock-Exchange-Edgar-Degas-1879
A-Woman-Seated-Beside-a-Vase-of-Flowers-Edgar-Degas-1865
After The Bath 2 - Edgar Degas
Father-Listening-to-Lorenzo-Pagans-Edgar-Degas-1869-70
At The Races - Gentlemen Jockeys - Edgar Degas

 

Sources: MET Museum, MOMA, Wikipedia

Filed Under: ART, Art History, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture Tagged With: Edgar Degas, French Art, Impressionism, Print Making

Father’s Day: Portrait of the Artist’s Father

June 17, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Happy Father’s Day all you dads out there!  In honour of this special day, DAF presents a selection of well known portraits of artist’s fathers.  Throughout history, artists have painted their fathers for numerous reasons; “as a tribute, to capture a memorable face, to work through conflicting emotions, as a family legacy, or the simple availability of a model.”

Have a great day everyone!

Artists Father-Paul Cezanne
The-Artists-Father--Pierre-Auguste-Renoir-1869
Father-Marcel-Duchamp
Max Ernst Showing a Young Girl the Head of his Father-1926-27
Portrait-of-the-Artists-Father---Gustave-Couret-1840
The-Artists-Father---Georges-Lemmen-1887
Portrait-of-My-Father-George-Wesley-Bellows-1906
Portrait of Father-Leon Kossoff-1978
Portrait of the Artists Father- Pablo Picasso-1896
Portrait of Father Galeazzo Campi-Giulio Campi - 1572
Father-Listening-to-Lorenzo-Pagans-Edgar-Degas-1869-70
Father of the Artist-MC Escher
Artist's Father Albrecht-Durer
Salvador Dali-portrait-of-the-artists-father-1925.jpg

 

Sources: Wikipedia, National Portrait Gallery

Filed Under: ART, Drawing, Painting Tagged With: Albrecht Durer, Edgar Degas, Father's Day, George Wesley Bellows, Georges Lemmen, Giulio Campi, Gustave Couret, Leon Kossoff, M.C. Escher, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of the Artist's Father, Salvador Dali

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