Tag: Degas

Baigneuses (1895-1900)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Baigneuses (Bathers) 1895–1900 Pastel with charcoal underdrawing on paper, 59.1 × 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia One of the things that made Degas such a radical artist was his approach to representing the human form. Here, rather than…

Portrait d’Eva Gonzalès (1870)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Eva Gonzalès (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès) 1870 Etching on paper, 24 x 15.8 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Portrait of Manet‘s student Eva Gonzalès, profile to the right. The profile of the woman’s head is shown in just a…

Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques (1879-1880)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques (At the Louvre: Antiquities Museum) 1879–1880 Etching and drypoint on paper, 27 x 23.6 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Mary Cassatt is leaning elegantly on an umbrella looking at an Etruscan burial image in a…

Femme assise sur un banc (c.1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Femme assise sur un banc (Woman Seated on a Bench) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 55.9 cm Tate Britain, London This picture has also been known under such titles as ‘In the Park’, ‘Woman in a Park’…

Miss Lala au Cirque Fernando (1879)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Miss Lala au Cirque Fernando (Miss Lala at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Pastel on paper, 61 × 47.6 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a sequence of pastels and drawings, many of which were executed on the…

Miss La La au Cirque Fernando (1879)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Miss La La au Cirque Fernando (Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Oil on canvas, 117.2 × 77.5 cm National Gallery, London The Cirque Fernando was built in 1875 near the Place Pigalle in Paris, close…

Miss Lala

(1858-?) Anna Olga Woodson, née Anna Olga Albertina Brown called Lala Kaira, Miss Lala, Miss La La or Mademoiselle La La Miss Lala in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Miss La La au Cirque Fernando 1879 National Gallery, London    …

Gitan avec une cigarette (s.d.)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Gitan avec une cigarette (Gypsy with a Cigarette) s.d. Oil on canvas, 92 x 73.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This painting, found in Manet’s studio after his death, was never exhibited, and no indication of its…

Edgar Degas (1878)

Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Edgar Degas 1878 Drypoint, 21 × 12.8 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Compare: Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Degas 1876 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Portrait du peintre Degas 1876 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     See also: • Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)